Bless You Boys Podcast 21: Into the midseason grind

Brandon and Ashley, staff writers and editors at BlessYouBoys.com return to talk you through the dark times. The Tigers got off to a fun, respectable start considering their last place finish in 2017. We even had dreams of seizing first place for a little bit and sending the AL Central, and many fans, into a tizzy. The spell is broken. The bullpen has blown leads repeatedly, and the offense is really starting to miss Miguel Cabrera and Jeimer Candelario. But, there are a lot of Tigers topics to discuss despite these woes.

• The fun start is giving way to reality as injuries and the team enters the long midseason grind.
• Is there any help for the bullpen?
• Is JaCoby Jones slumping a bit, or turning back into a pumpkin?
• The Tigers look to have some trade chips to deal, but one of the big ones hasn't helped his value so far.
• Casey Mize is a lock to the Tigers at 1-1, but maybe then again he isn't.
• The Rays used Sergio Romo to open a pair of games and a Hyperbowl broke out.
• Sports gambling is coming and everyone wants a share, but how are they going to preserve the game's integrity and get all these players a piece of the pie?
• Listener questions