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No question, most Tigers fans had extremely low expectations this year. And many have been pleasant surprised how well they've done.
Lynn Henning of the Detroit News writes in an article titled,"Tigers shopped for bargains — and found some stars:"
It turns out they are the product of good scouting and a better budget. The Tigers were granted extra cash last autumn — Chris Ilitch is doing fine as the team’s owner — to help gird their reconstruction effort with desperately needed minor-league depth.
So, they scoured their rosters, talked with their scouts, got the greatly enhanced analytics staff involved integrally, and put together a grocery list of goods they thought could help in 2018.
These are players who, along with the cast of startlingly refreshing talent the Tigers have otherwise thrown together, make for a team that, while not playoff-good, has become a team 100-percent more entertaining than the dinosaurs who were around a year ago.
The Tigers are 26-30 and 4.5 games out of first.
