It's time for the Tigers to call up this top prospects as offense sputters into the abyss

The Tigers have, to put it very bluntly, been playing a pretty pathetic brand of baseball lately.

With their walk-off loss to the Mets on Wednesday, they've officially dropped a series against the most clowned-on team in baseball. They've lost seven of their last 10 and have been walked off twice. Through the first two games of this series against the Mets, they were outscored 13-4.

Starting pitching has been unpredictable (Jack Flaherty was bad, Framber Valdez was great), but the bullpen has been predictably bad. The Tigers' defense and baserunning has been even worse.

But the offense is going to keep getting the brunt of the criticism when the Tigers are trotting out guys like Gage Workman and Zack Short who not only aren't long term solutions offensively but are failing to improve the Tigers' already terrible defense (though, to be fair, Workman has two homers in four games).

But the Tigers have a simple solution waiting down in Triple-A — and it's not Max Clark.

Max Anderson went onto the Mud Hens' IL in early April and returned to Toledo last Friday after a brief rehab stint in Lakeland. He's since collected nine hits in four games, the bulk of which came from an incredible 5-for-6 night with a homer and four RBI.

Tigers should call up top infield prospect Max Anderson as the major league offense flails

Anderson has been turning heads for a while, even before he was a standout in the 2025 Arizona Fall League. He even blew Kevin McGonigle out of the water, though Anderson played in fewer games. It's long felt like he's just on the verge of a promotion.

If he hadn't been injured at the time, he might've even been the preferred choice over Hao-Yu Lee, who came up in Zach McKinstry's place last month.

Workman has been an unexpected spark plug, but he and Short still doesn't feel long for this roster. You'd be hard-pressed to find a fan who is actually convinced that Workman's success is sustainable, or that Short will actually start being productive at the plate at some point.

If not now, when? Anderson could've been a solution for Detroit late last year, too, when they were in the middle of losing a 15.5-game lead. He could be a solution now, when names in Tigers starting lineups are getting more and more unfamiliar.

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