Detroit – With five weeks to go in a Tigers season that with each passing game looks more like a black-and-blue mark, it’s time to talk manager.
Ron Gardenhire.
What difference has one man made in the Tigers in 2018? What could another person have done with this same unit? What might Gardenhire have accomplished with Tigers teams that during four earlier seasons played for Brad Ausmus?
Good questions, all of them.
It’s impossible to quantify, but Gardenhire has probably taken this club as far as any manager could. The Tigers have too many sub-par pieces during their reconstruction to be much more than they are at 52-74.