Can I take it back? In my re-season predictions, I fearlessly predicted the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series. We are only one week into the season and already that is looking like an extremely bad prediction. I know that one week is a small sample size (six games is only 3.7% of the MLB season, about the same as one half of an NFL game), but the Tigers have not looked good at all in losing their first six.
For starters, the Royals and White Sox are not exactly the cream of the American League crop. Then there is the fact that the games were all played in Detroit, and the Tigers lost by an average of four runs. They never gave up less than four runs, and only scored four themselves one time.
In short, this was a dismal performance by a team that has the second highest payroll in the game, and which carried high expectations into the season. The bullpen looks to be genuinely bad, but I had figured the offense was potent enough to make up for it. It’s too early to write off the season, but I have to say maybe I overestimated this team.
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