This week we break down the Dumpster Fire that is the American League Central division. We start off taking a look at the overall standings of the division (00:52). Once we paint the picture of the standings we dive into why we believe these teams are struggling as much as they are (01:30). Soon after, we dive into what is a possible outlook of the number of 100 loss teams this division may have after 162 games (03:15). Later we discuss how the Detroit Tigers are able to beat up on sub .500 teams, keeping themselves close to a .500 overall record (03:57) and then we break down four key team stats that have attributed to this divisions downfall in 2018 (04:50). We also take a look at how the AL Central teams compare to the other two division (07:29) and then compare the 2018 AL Central to the MLB worst 1994 AL West (08:27). We finally end the episode breaking down what we feel to be some of the bad payroll decisions within the division (09:37).
Ep. 2 - Trading Fulmer?
In this weeks episode we break down whether or not the Detroit Tigers should trade away their Ace Michael Fulmer. We start off with a quick recap of the Dave Dombrowski fire sale (00:33) that launched this rebuild process. Then we take a look at Fulmer's career thus far (01:18) followed up by some discussion about our concerns of Fulmer's health (02:54). We give a list of players who might be considered available by the deadline (04:15) closely followed up with a list of teams who may send offers the Tigers way and who Al Avila may ask for in return (06:13). Finally we close with some discussion about the No. 1 draft pick (11:35) and end the episode discussing the minor league pipeline in regards to pitchers (13:20).