After a long and tumultuous offseason, MLB Opening Day is finally close. Tigers enthusiasts far and wide have already put in their personal request for this Friday — myself included — and for the first time since at least 2017, a noteworthy portion of the Bless You Boys staff and community have legitimate belief in the Tigers postseason odds.
Of course, baseball is played on the field, and the Detroit Tigers have now missed the postseason in seven consecutive seasons. Four of these seasons were from an organization clearly within a rebuild; the other three, however, were not.