No time to let down

My mentor, Sparky Sr. (aka Sparky Anderson), used to call this a reverse lock: The Tigers, baseball’s hottest team, head to KC to play the Royals, baseball’s most dismal squad. So, in other words, Detroit is in big trouble.

The Tigers are rolling right now and the pitching staff continues to lead the way. The starters have gone 7-1 with a 2.61 ERA in the last 10, which explains Detroit’s 9-1 record during that span. The Tigers are 7-2-2 in their last 11 series. They lead the big leagues with a .674 win percentage.

Hopefully, they can keep the pedal down against KC. You don’t want to give away any games against the Royals, especially with Cleveland, NYY, Boston, CWS and Toronto looming on the horizon. Those five teams all are playing .500 ball or better. That will be when we can start to determine how good this team is.