KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Turns out, all Akil Baddoo needed to do was trust that being Akil Baddoo was plenty good enough.
He didn’t need to hit 400-foot home runs. He didn’t need to be the next Rickey Henderson or Kirby Puckett. Being the best version of himself is all the Tigers ever asked him to be.
“I was searching too much,” Baddoo said Tuesday, a couple of hours before making his first start with the Tigers since being optioned to Toledo on May 8. “Just have fun and know it’s a game of failure. Just accept that and when I’m going through my little ups and downs stay even keel and keep having fun.”
