It’s starting to feel legit.
Following a 7-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, the Detroit Tigers improved to 13-8 in May and might actually be competitive heading into the summer. Part of that is being in the weakest division in all of baseball, but this team is playing much more sound baseball than it was a month ago.
The heart of the order — Javy Baez, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson — is figuring it out and drove in four of Detroit’s five runs, and even the question marks on the pitching staff are starting to shine.