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Detroit Tigers' prospects are struggling, a reminder that rebuilds are hard

Free Press sports writer Anthony Fenech breaks down the Tigers' 6th straight loss, 4-1, to A's, an improvement. Filmed Saturday, May 18, 2019. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo Mud Hens manager Doug Mientkiewicz has some advice for his team: “You all just gotta exhale.”

Several of the Tigers top 30 prospects have struggled this season at Toledo, the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate.

“Every kid has a different level, or year, that they are going to hit this,” Mientkiewicz said. “It just so happens that we are hitting it, as a collective team, all at once.