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Here's a look-on-the-bright-side way to see our 2019 Detroit Tigers: They won't do worse than expected.
"Every predictive metric suggests the Tigers will place dead last in the AL Central," Ashley MacLennan writes at Bless You Boys, a Vox Media site.
USA Today sees the Tigers ending up with a 64-98 record, same as the past two seasons. It's worth noting that USA Today predicted the Tigers would finish 63-99 last season, only off by one game. . . .
Statcast guru Mike Petriello actually created a metric to see how many potential wins were gained and lost in the offseason based on moves the team made. By his estimation, the Tigers went down by three wins. . . . Petriello’s numbers suggest their off-season moves have actually made them worse than last year. . . .
The general consensus is that the Tigers will have a similar season to last year. . . . They could also do much worse, but let's not think about that, because losing stinks.
