2019 Detroit Tigers Over Under Win Total Analysis

The light is in the tunnel’s end. Following the $69 million to Cabrera, Zimmermann, Fielder, and Verlander, Detroit has very few commitments. After submitting a payroll in excess of $207 million in 2017, the Tigers dropped all the way to $135 million in 2018 and will likely end up somewhere about $125 million in 2019. The only cash after the 2020 season would be to Cabrera. That contract is horrendous, but the Tigers will have a lot more flexibility.
One of the biggest problems for the Tigers going into 2019 is they don’t have a roster that embodies the present state of Major League Baseball. Comerica Park is a variable, but the Tigers have been 28th in home runs last season, trailing only the Giants and Marlins, who are made to have a pitcher bat at least two times per game.
The Orioles, Royals, Rangers listed fewer strikeouts from the pitching staff. As far as K/9 goes, the Tigers were the A’s and 26th, before these groups. The game relies on hitting hitting tickets and dingers. The Tigers were one of the worst in baseball at both of these things.
That is only one of several reasons why this reconstruct is moving at a snail’s speed. The Tigers are attempting to utilize the Comerica Park variables to their advantage, by relying upon some pitch-to-contact kinds that cause a great deal of fly balls, but only goes so far. The Tigers were 38-43 at home, but 26-55 on the road.
All of that said, there are two or three silver linings. The Tigers were 43-45 against fellow losing groups. It had been the teams which were .500 or even better that shattered Detroit last season, as the Tigers were only 21-53 against these groups.
Are they the group that picks up any losses, as the branch enriches around the Tigers? Will the return of Miguel Cabrera and also the addition of some better pitching depth help the Tigers exceed expectations? Let us try to answer these questions that are burning.