ATLANTA – OK, this absolutely stinks.
It stinks that the Tigers wasted this season.
It stinks that a roster loaded with sluggers lost, 1-0, Sunday to the Atlanta Braves, although that seemed oddly fitting in this season of inconsistency.
It stinks that the Tigers fought so hard to make the playoffs but fell short.
In the end, this season was nothing but a tease.
But one good thing could come from this frustrating, painful exercise in futility.
Several young players got a taste of what it’s like to make a playoff push, and that will help the organization for years to come.