Trust the Process
Tigers are in for a long season, and maybe a few more after that
By Matthew McKay
this year is going to go. Thankfully, there 2017 season on a high note, with an ERA
Chieftain Staff
is some light at the end of the tunnel:
of 2.95 the last month of the season.
Looking at the 2018 Tigers roster is
Michael Fulmer, Daniel Norris, and Mi-
And the three prospects the Tigers
downright depressing.
received from the
I want nothing more
Houston Astros in
than a time machine so I
the Justin Verland-
can go back to the years
er trade last year
2012-14, when this team
-- P Franklin Perez,
was fi ghting for a World
OF Daz Cameron,
Series each year.
and C Jake Rogers
I remember the day
-- are very en-
we signed Prince Fielder
couraging for the
from free agency and I
future.
was already picking a
But the bottom
spot to stand on for the
line is, this year
parade. What a naive
the Tigers are
idiot I was. That was the
going to be hor-
hopeful Detroit fan in
rendous. I will still
me, but now constant
cheer for them, as
years of disappoint-
they are a rebuild-
ment and failure has
ing team with a
made me see what this
new manager, Ron
team really is. The fact
Gardenhire, and a
that General Manager
promising future.
Al Avila still has a job
Right now the
is absolutely incredible.
team is in full
That man, along with
trust-the-process
The short-handed Tigers will need guys like Pitcher Michael Boyd to step up in 2018
former manager Brad
mode and we will
Ausmus, is the defi nition
see the benefi ts in
of ineptitude.
chael Boyd all have shown signs of being about three to four years.
I miss the good old days when Dave
pitchers that this team could rely on in
Until then, enjoy going to the games at
Dombrowski and Jim Leyland were run-
the future. Boyd, especially, fi nished the
a remarkably low cost.
ning the show.
The past few years have been
rough for us Tiger fans. From
watching a World Series sweep,
National League Champions
American League Champions
blowing
East: Washington Nationals
East: New York Yankees
a win at
Central:
Chicago
Cubs
Central:
Cleveland Indians
Fenway
West:
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
West:
Houston
Atsros
because
Wildcard: Boston Red Sox
of a grand
Wildcard: Arizona Diamondbacks
slam off
the bat of
World Series
6,000-year-
Boston Red Sox over Washington Nationals
old David
Ron Gardenhire
Ortiz, to
National League Awards
American League Awards
seeing all of our good players go
Cy Young
Cy Young
away, one by one. Now, we very
Stephen
Strasburg,
Washington
Chris
Sale, Boston
well may be the worst team in
baseball.
MVP
MVP
The Tigers odds of winning it
Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona
Mike Trout, L.A. Angels
all this year opened up at 300-1,
if that is any indication of how
-Matthew McKay
Fearless Predictions for 2018
Goldschmidt
B R OTHE R R IC E H IG H S C H O O L C H I E F TA I N
P AG E 11
M A R C H 2018