Good teams typically have good starting pitching. Bad teams do not. As a result, bad teams are forced to try out hosts of starters, trotting out options from the bullpen and calling up players from the minors, attempting to fill out their rotation throughout the year. No team expects to use only five pitchers over the course of the season, but finding starters for 162 games becomes a tall task when the top options are not that good.
The Detroit Tigers are currently a bad team and are pitching as expected. The rotation’s 4.46 ERA and 4.