It's hard to figure when the Tigers will finally pull out of miserable tailspin
Man, my heart goes out to fans of the Detroit Tigers. Not only does your team suck to an almost unimaginable degree, but there is so little talent in your farm system that in a few years the Tigers might be to Major League Baseball what the Iraqi Army is to military might.
And the situation is ... ? Not good. In fact, some of us who think we have a sense for where an organization is headed have darker views today than existed a year ago. The lack of minor-league talent, due to shockingly bad drafting, is frightening. One position talent -- Cody Ross, not by any means a game-breaker -- is at Triple A. One pitcher of significance -- Rob Henkel, who figures to be in Detroit in September -- is working at Double A. You have to go to the lower minor-league levels to see any kind of hitting potential in the entire Tigers system. It is staggering how little talent exists....
Dombrowski inherited nothing and has tried with smoke and mirrors to steal Rule 5 prospects and parlay the Tigers' few marketable players into multiple performers who can help neutralize a talent bin as wiped-out as their system. All you have to do is look at other clubs to see that even now the Tigers are a wasteland from Detroit through the high minor-league levels.
Of course, there is some good news in this scenario. For the next few years, at least, tickets to Tigers games at Comerica Park shouldn't be too difficult to come by.
