Extra inning baseball and a bullpen spread thin outlined a 2015 Flying Tigers season that struggled to gain momentum.
Three years ago, the Lakeland Flying Tigers won the Florida State League championship. That Flying Tigers team, led by familiar names like Tyler Collins, James McCann, and Nick Castellanos, did not win its division, but went 73-58, and got hot at the right time in the playoffs.
Since then, things have gone downhill. The Flying Tigers turned in solid halves in 2013 and 2014, but were unable to make it back to the postseason.