Garner’s firing a start, but Tigers have a long way to go – CBS SportsLine
Look at this year’s Tigers lineup and what you see is a combination of players who should never have been allowed out of Triple-A (center fielder Jose Macias, shortstop Shane Halter, pitcher Nate Cornejo), players who would be better served as spare parts on contending teams than as regulars on a franchise taking on water more quickly than the Titanic (third baseman Craig Paquette and outfielder Randall Simon) and players who are out of position (there are way too many first base-types, as evidenced by Robert Fick’s transition into an outfielder).