The beginning of the Major League Baseball season brings a new round of predictions. The Detroit Free Press' Anthony Fenech and George Sipple give their prognostications for the 2018 season. Wochit
LAKELAND, Fla. — On Monday afternoon, in a moment of melancholy, Tigers general manager Al Avila watched his team’s minor leaguers play on the backfields. He sat in a golf cart by himself, just beyond the right field fence, enjoying the breeze of the spring.
Throughout downtown Lakeland, signs still say, “Baseball is back.” But after seven weeks — which have flown by in seemingly a few seconds worth of time — the Tigers are heading out of town.