While the Cleveland Indians are riding an 18-game winning streak and staring home-field advantage throughout the playoffs in the face, the Detroit Tigers are potentially looking at their worst season in more than a decade. And just to make things worse (or better, depending on your viewpoint), the Tribe will be sending Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, and Mike Clevinger to the mound, while the Tigers will be sending a rookie making his MLB debut and two struggling starters.
At this point, the odds are never in the Indians’ favor for continuing the streak — odds say they should have lost a long time ago — but if they are going to keep defying them they are probably going to do so against this rebuilding Tigers team.