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2021 AL Central Preview: Detroit Tigers

The cyclical nature of baseball never ceases to amaze me. Just six years ago, the Detroit Tigers capped a four-year run atop the AL Central, including a trip to the World Series. And who can forget how they hammered Cleveland during that stretch? Now the Tigers haven’t finished above .500 since 2016 and it is Cleveland that has been dunking on Detroit.

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But are the Tigers on the upswing? MLB.com seems to think so, ranking their farm system as No. 2 in the league in their latest rankings. The Athletic’s Keith Law is more bearish, slotting Detroit’s farm system at No.