As the Detroit Tigers' playoff chances keep waning after another loss on Wednesday night to the Cleveland Guardians, 5-1, there's still shock from the fanbase on how the team once held a comfortable lead in the AL Central. While fans look for who to blame for the Tigers' collapse of a close to 16-game lead in the division, manager A.J. Hinch gets real on the path in front of the team.

After the aforementioned loss to Cleveland, Hinch would speak on how “painful” another loss is and what the “reality” for the team looks like with four games left in the season, via Reddit user “MotorCityKitties.” Though after, Hinch would emphasize how “there's still a lot of life in the dugout.”

“It's painful,” Hinch said. “I'm having a hard time coming up with words, obviously, and I know that's not

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