The last week or so of Tigers baseball has been an excellent reminder of why Detroit found themselves atop the draft order in June: they’re a very bad baseball team. It’s something we knew all along but probably just didn’t want to admit to ourselves when the season began on a high note. After all, who likes be the rain on socially distanced parades? The losing streak Detroit is currently mired in just serves as a rude reminder of reality, and the fact that it’s lasted nine games merely adds a little salt in the wound.
The competition isn’t getting any softer as the Tigers move from Chicago and the white-hot White Sox (say that ten times) and back to Cleveland to face the Indians.