22 games isn't even close to try and get a fair temperature on the Tigers. They are 11-11...not where I expected, but by no means does it create a panic feeling. They have played the fourth most challenging schedule in the majors to date and it's about to ease up a little and that's why the next month may make or break this team, although they are really the only club I think that can truly "run away" from every other team in the AL Central. Detroit will take on Kansas City, Chicago 2x, Minnesota 2x, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Seattle in a series. The club should get Doug Fister back as well and those are the primary reasons the next month is key to this clubs success. Winning baseball seasons are about winning series and beating the teams in your division. If the Tigers can't seperate themselves from the aforementioned teams, then I'm not sure what kind of success we can expect. I'd love the "experiments" of Raburn and Eldred to end and I'd like to see a better performance from Scherzer (7.77era and yet to get past the sixth in any of his starts) and Porcello (6.45era); I'd prefer a steadier bullpen than Weber, Villareal, and Balestar, but it would ease concerns if players like Fielder, Boesch, Perralta, Benoit and Valverde returned to their 2011 form as well. This team isn't so good where the lesser parts can carry it. They have May to get it together, otherwise it could be a long summer.








