Detroit Tigers: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good

These days Placido Polanco is resembling...well...Placido Polanco.

In his last 10 games Polanco is 19-for-48 and batting .396, raising his average on the season to a more respectable .276. Sunday afternoon's clutch single in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run.

Polanco was my pick to turn things around after the All-Star break on our Midseason Report Card. Let’s hope the career .300 hitter remains hot as he is an important part of our offense.

One thing is certain: As of late Poly is on fire!

The Bad

Brandon Inge is slowly changing his name back to Brandon Cringe.

Since the All-Star break he is just 14-for-74, which equates to a robust .189.

During that time Mr. Cringe has hit just one home run, struck out 27 times, and walked just seven times.

That new mustache is coming in nicely though...right!

His respectable season average of .268 has fallen to .252.

To top it off, someone somewhere is commenting on how great it is that he's playing through that little injury of his.

Come on, Brandon. You are very close to being bumped down to my ugly list.

The Ugly

I really hate to kick a wounded Tiger, but Chris Lambert was terrible in his season debut. In one-and-two-third innings he somehow managed to give up seven hits and two walks.

As if the previous five runs surrendered by Verlander were not enough to overcome, Lambert then dumped gasoline on the fire surrendering six earned runs (one let in by Miner).

I think we all agree that perhaps it's Zach Simmons' time for long relief.