Detroit Free Press
These are the Detroit Tigers.
They’re bad. Among the worst teams in the Major Leagues, with poor pitching and a grim outlook for next season. What once was a “retooling” is now a “rebuilding,” and we know why general manager Al Avila didn’t want to use that last word in the first place.
Rebuilding is the lowest point on the baseball mountain, and it’s where the Tigers will sit for the foreseeable future.
The ship sank in six months. Heading into the regular season, the Tigers were considered contenders in the American League Central division.