The sight of Anthony Gose jogging in center field with the ball with just two outs Saturday in Toronto while a Blue Jays runner scored from second base seemed like a metaphor, really.
The Tigers’ center-field platoon has turned out to be disappointing compared to expectations.
Last November the Tigers sent infield prospect Devon Travis to Toronto for Gose. The thought process there was not wrong. The left-handed batting Gose played solid defense, ran well and could share the duties of the position with right-handed batter Rajai Davis.
Davis’ defense was not viewed as strong — his routes to the ball varied from “interesting” to Delmon Young — but he, too, could be expected to be a strong baserunner.