{"id":658869,"date":"2026-04-02T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658869\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:00:25","slug":"deadline-detroit-despite-4-game-losing-streak-cold-bats-and-a-2-4-record-detroit-tigers-arent-panicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658869\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Detroit | Despite 4-Game Losing Streak, Cold Bats, and a 2-4 Record, Detroit Tigers Aren’t Panicking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tColt Keith (Detroit Tigers photo)<\/p>\n


\n\tAfter starting the season on the West Coast with two wins, the Detroit Tigers went on to lose a game in San Diego and three in a row against the Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n


\n\tThey now have a four-game losing streak and a 2-4 record.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe bats went cold at times, and relief pitchers blew a 5-0 lead against the Diamondbacks. On Wednesday, ace pitcher Tarik Skubal performed well, but the team lost 1-0. The Tigers play the home opener at Comerica Park on Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n


\n\tTigers infielder Colt Keith says there’s no need to panick.<\/p>\n


\n\t“A lot of guys in this clubhouse have been through multiple, multiple seasons and they know how the flow of a season goes,” Keith said, according to the Detroit News<\/a>. “I don’t think anyone in here is panicking. We’re pretty confident we’re going to turn it around and get back on track.”<\/p>\n


\n\tRookie Kevin McGonigle echoed similar sentiments, according to The News:<\/p>\n


\n\t“Today, if you had a few defensive players one foot in the other direction, we would’ve had a couple more hits to get things going. When we hit it good, we hit it right at people. We can definitely have better at-bats, but I’m not panicking at all. I feel like we’re going to be fine.”<\/p>\n


\n\tVeteran baseball writer Lynn Hennnig, who has a substack page “Tigers Intelligence Report,<\/a>” wrote this the other day when Justin Verlander got knocked around pretty good and the Tigers lost 9-6 to the Diamondbacks:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThoughts from Monday\u2019s 9-6 semi-debacle at Chase Field and why Tigers followers need not succumb to whiplash after two consecutive tumbles following two triumphs at San Diego:<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\u2014 This is baseball. This is going to be tough, this next six months (and probably longer) for a Tigers team that will remind its congregants continually how merciless is the MLB season.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\u2014 Justin Verlander had a sobering start Monday, not missing many Diamondbacks bats before being excused in the fourth. So, of course, he\u2019ll probably have a Sunday night start against the Cardinals as sturdy as Monday night\u2019s work at Phoenix was clunky. That\u2019s also baseball. See if a Sunday rebound, in fact, is for Verlander a natural two-game opening script, reminding people he isn\u2019t the pitcher of 10 years ago but probably can and will be the Verlander from last season\u2019s second half. He\u2019s expert at figuring things out.<\/p>\n

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