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The Silver Lining for Last-Place MLB Teams

Oct 13, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2020 Major League Baseball regular season was a rough 60-game stretch for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Is there anything fo...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Detroit Tigers

Quinn Allen

Apr 28, 2020

Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The last decade has been a whirlwind of ups and downs for the Detroit Tigers. After just missing the playoffs in 2010, they went on to make the postseason in every season from 2011-14, including a World Series ...

American League Central X factors for 2020

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 5, 2020

American League Central, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

What players can move the needle for their respective teams in the 2020 Major League Baseball season? Here are X factors for every team in the American League Central. Minnesota Twins: Rich Hill The Twins att...

Detroit Tigers: Landing Spots for Players on the Trade Block

Robbie Stratakos

Jun 23, 2019

Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

According to MLB Network's Jon Morosi, the Detroit Tigers "will listen to offers" on left-hander Matthew Boyd, closer Shane Greene, and right fielder Nicholas Castellanos before the Major League Baseball trade ...

Casey Mize and the Blinding Hope of a Star Prospect

Tom Dorsa

May 30, 2019

Detroit Tigers, Draft, Opinions & Predictions

When the Detroit Tigers selected Casey Mize, a deceiving and dominant right-hander out of Auburn University, with the number-one overall pick in the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, they solidified two things:...

The AL Central Has Officially Caught up to the Cleveland Indians

Robbie Stratakos

May 20, 2019

American League Central, Cleveland Indians, Opinions & Predictions

It happened: The American League Central caught up to the Cleveland Indians. From 2016-18, the Indians owned the AL Central. They won the division and did so by eight-plus games each season. In 2016 they wen...

Baseball Essential 2019 Preview Series: American League Central

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 28, 2019

American League Central, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Cleveland Indians have dominated the American League Central in recent memory. They've won the division in three consecutive seasons, and the division has only seen one team not named the Indians make the p...

X Factors in the American League Central for 2019

Robbie Stratakos

Mar 17, 2019

American League Central, Opinions & Predictions

Every team in Major League Baseball has an X factor to their success before the regular season begins. Here is every American League Central team's 2019 X factor. Cleveland Indians: Adam Cimber The Indians ha...

The Detroit Tigers and Marwin Gonzalez are a Match

Robbie Stratakos

Jan 29, 2019

Detroit Tigers, Opinions & Predictions

The Detroit Tigers are coming off a second consecutive 64-98 season, and there's little reason to think that 2019 will produce an exceptionally greater result. With that said, general manager Al Avila and compa...

Miguel Cabrera is a Hall of Famer — but He Still Has a Lot to Prove

Tom Dorsa

Jan 8, 2019

Detroit Tigers, Opinions & Predictions

Miguel Cabrera is a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. He could retire now, never play another game, and that would still ring true, thanks to his 2,676 hits, 465 home runs, career .316 batting averag...

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