Tigers Make Trade With Phillies After Fifth Straight Loss originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Four Trade Deadline Targets That Make Perfect Sense for Tigers Amid Recent Struggles. The Detroit Tigers are in a predicament.

The Tigers' five prospects were tied for fifth-most among all organizations, with the Cleveland Guardians and Milwaukee Brewers.

According to Mark Morales-Smith of SI.com, the Tigers could be targeting the Atlanta Braves' Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna's production has declined significantly recently, and the Braves decided to demote the long-time everyday player to a bench role.

The Tigers had been looking for any kind of spark to help lift them out of their midseason funk. Kerry Carpenter returned from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo. Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson grew mustaches.

The Tigers got one of their most important players back from the IL. In turn, they snapped a brutal losing streak Sunday.

The Tigers are the only MLB team in the modern era to have a 13-game span where they: were outscored by 50 or more were outhit by 50 or more had fewer than 25 XBH struck out 125 or more times They came into this stretch with the best record in MLB. pic.twitter.com/M3Ezaf4dVB

Riley Greene is willing to do anything to break the Detroit Tigers out of their funk. So, he shaved his dark beard and left a mustache.

But the Tigers were unable to win a game after they hit the 60-win mark until their offensive explosion on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. More News: Tigers Can Only Conside