Worse that the Detroit Tigers’ record this season, has been the lack of signs of hope over the first three months. The team that general manager Al Avila constructed was intriguing in the preseason because of numerous new faces who were supposed to be key building blocks to a future contending ballclub. Unfortunately, that group of players has barely made an impact at all for myriad reasons.
Other than Saturday afternoon’s hero, Riley Greene, who only just arrived, the real bright spot has been Sunday’s starting pitcher, Tarik Skubal. Yet even the powerful left-hander has fallen into a rough patch recently.