Every baseball writer covering the Detroit Tigers is pleased that Detroit evaded disaster and qualified for the postseason. Well … not every writer. With Detroit set to send Tarik Skubal to the hill for Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series on Tuesday, Carlos Monarrez of the Detroit Free Press wished — for Detroit's sake (he argues) — that Skubal was already at home on the couch and that the Tigers’ season was already over.
If you think you’ve heard questionable Tigers takes before, buckle up and brace yourself for what Monarrez recently wrote.