The Tigers' bullpen was bad last year. We hate to keep bringing it up -- we really do -- but it's true. They were bad last year, and they were bad the year before, too. Pick a year from the last two or three decades, and there's a good chance the Tigers had a bad bullpen. You could say it has been a recurring theme in the story of our collective Tigers fandom.
There is good news, though: general manager Al Avila and his posse are doing things. They have been doing lots of things, actually, and some of those things have addressed the bullpen.