Bright spots are a necessity for a team like the Detroit Tigers. Loyal fans have hung in there with the club through two terrible seasons. Only now, in September, has the first wave of potential impact prospects started trickling into the major league roster. The best of the bunch are still a year or two from even their first cup of coffee in the big leagues. The bright spots have been hard to come by.
For most of the season, Tigers center fielder JaCoby Jones has alternated between being one of the brightest, and one of the most frustrating.