Fans will miss their faces. Their post-game words, too.
But what they’ll really miss when the new-look Tigers start their season next week is the high-beam baseball light some past stars, since traded, delivered nearly daily to a team that has been undergoing necessary demolition in a bid to build a new baseball model at Comerica Park.
The net losses, far beyond box-office allure, boil down accordingly:
The Tigers were eighth in the American League in hitting in 2017 and 12th among all teams with a.258 batting average. They were 10th and 18th in runs scored.