Other than the Devilrays, these Tigers are another team synonymous to failure. If 55 wins in 2002 was not bad enough, they came back with 43 wins in 2003. In this day and age you would have thought that a combined 225 losses in 2 seasons was unthinkable. The Detroit Tigers are seemingly in a big sports town. A big market. They should not be having any problems putting a quality product onto the field. Nevertheless, these Tigers ended the past two seasons with 72 and 71 wins respectively. They were a combined -29 units in the two years. Their cryptonite last season was hitting right handed pitching. They were 48-70 (-24 units). Against lefties, these Tigers were an astonishing 22-21 (+2 units). I say astonishing because a statistic exists where these Tigers are above 500! These Tigers were 10-4 in the 2005 season when paired off against a non-divisional rival at home against a lefty. 16-10 (+8 units) overall against lefties in non-divisional games. Despite being so bad for so many years, the Tigers are 41-39 over their past 7 years at home against lefties in non-divisional games. Rare for such a bad team to have a bright light but heck this is one positive betting trend going for them as we begin to handicap the 2006 season. |
