Ben Verlander isn’t helping as Tigers fans suffer through collapseHonestly, Verlander championing that the Tigers should have traded for Justin Verlander may be worse than his obnoxious Alex Bregman tweets during the offseason. At least Bregman made sense for what the Tigers had a need for; the same can't be said for Verlander. Overall, yes, the Tigers needed starting pitching at the deadline, and they swung and missed with the decisions they made. Just looking at those two moves, there's reason to be critical of what Scott Harris did at the deadline. The Tigers' offense has grown far too inconsistent, and above all else, there's been no stability in the bullpen.