The Detroit Tigers have seen the trade deadline come and go, and the overwhelming opinion is that they didn’t do enough to improve. For most of the first half of the season, the Tigers were considered to be the best team in the American League by quite a sizeable margin.

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost 7-2 to the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday, July 30, and in being swept in three games now face the trade deadline.

Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, Chris Paddack threw six solid innings in his Detroit debut and the Tigers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2.