The Detroit Tigers have been the best team in baseball, but these last 11 games have been a different story. After just getting swept by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates on the road and dropping the first game of the home series to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Tigers have now lost 10 of their last 11 games. The only game they have won in that stretch was with Tarik Skubal on the mound last Sunday, but he didn’t even register the win in that game. It is a bit easier for the Tigers to be calm during this recent rut because their division lead in the American League Central is still eight and a half games.
Tigers Lose 10 of 11: Time to Sound the Alarm?
After not being swept in a three-game set since the opening series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Tigers have now been swept in two of their last three series. This is rock bottom for the Tigers, who now find themselves searching for their identity.
Offensive Outage
Since the second half of the season began, the Tigers’ offense has been nonexistent. In the six games, the offense has scored two or fewer runs in five of the six games.
The big names in the lineup have struggled immensely since the break. Riley Greene is batting .238 in his last five games with 11 strikeouts. Zach McKinstry is batting .118 in his previous five games with an OPS of .284. Javier Báez is batting .200 with a .200 OBP in his last five games. All three of these guys represented the Tigers at the All-Star Game in Atlanta back on July 15th. If these guys go stone cold, it makes it very difficult for the rest of the team to get going.
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In their recent road series against the Pirates, the team scored a total of six runs, with five of those runs coming in one game. Yes, they did get shut out by Paul Skenes, but a lot of their hitters had some brutal-looking at-bats. Skenes has the capabilities to make hitters look foolish, but it was a Tigers’ lineup that featured four All-Stars.
Not only did Paul Skenes look impressive on Monday, but even Kumar Rocker of the Texas Rangers looked lights out, even though he has been struggling for much of this season. Although he is much better at home than on the road, he only allowed one Tiger to reach base via a hit.
What’s Next?
Hoping to break the losing skid, the Tigers return home Friday for a seven-game homestand that features two red-hot offenses: the Toronto Blue Jays and the Arizona Diamondbacks. This will be another tall task for not only the offense to keep pace with these two teams, but also for the pitching staff to contain their offenses.
With the MLB trade deadline looming as well, the Tigers will likely look to add another bat. While A.J. Hinch and company have stated they have their third baseman in Zach McKinstry, the potential addition of Eugenio Suárez would make this offense so much more dangerous. Provided Arizona doesn’t trade him by then, the Tigers will get a free scouting party to see Suárez when the Diamondbacks come to Detroit from July 28-30. Suárez only trails the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani in home runs with 36 and currently leads all of baseball in RBI with 86.
Another name that could help the Tigers’ offense is the Los Angeles Angels’ right fielder, Taylor Ward, who currently has 23 home runs and 76 RBI. His addition to the offense allows for Báez to go back to shortstop and brings in more power from the outfielders. Ward has one more year of arbitration, so the Angels could get a solid return for the right fielder.
Right now, the Tigers need to worry about winning ball games, but they certainly do need to add something to spark this offense. This team needs to add a bat or two to make this a more “respectable” offense come October. We know this team is going to make the playoffs, but the only question is whether or not they will have home-field advantage up until the World Series.
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