Those who follow the Tigers baseball firmament had a hunch last March playoff tickets would not stress their autumn 2018 budgets.
But there was enough vigor and enough new blood — and often sufficient pitching — to have made this year’s Tigers more entertaining, perhaps, than would be suggested by their final record, which could be as bad as 63-99 or as good as 69-93, with Ron Gardenhire’s team heading into its final two series at Minnesota and Milwaukee.
A review of Tigers forecasts confirmed, as well as surprises unseen, would include some of the following players and moments:
u25baBest blindside from a position player: Niko Goodrum.