Detroit – Here’s a sports talk topic for you: Is Player X a bad player or is he simply playing bad right now?
When a season starts to crumble like the Tigers’ has – they’re in an 8-27 spiral since May 12 – that’s not always easy to differentiate. Environment impacts performance and when a team struggles collectively like this, players often tend to underperform – either by overcompensating and trying to do more than they are able, or by succumbing to the malaise.
We will offer up two players who are, for want of a better word, scuffling.