After all of the complaints about Brad Ausmus managing the Detroit Tigers bullpen, it was refreshing to learn that rockstar managers like Showalter do the same.
When the fans complain about a manager, they tend to complain about the small things that occur during individual games. This is what frustrates so many fans about Ausmus.
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But, those little things were not enough to make the Tigers front office let him go. Looking back at Ausmus’s 2016 season, he did make several small mistakes. But, he also led the team to a record of 86 wins and a second-place finish in the AL Central.