After trading the majority of their good players (see more on them below) the Detroit Tigers were clearly in tank mode. But boy, are they doing an incredible job.
The internet was chock full of hilarious stats about the Tigers’ dismal September. Jayson Stark pointed out that the Tigers are 4 - 22 with a 7.02 ERA since the Justin Verlander trade which would be highest September ERA ever and the second worst win percentage. Considering Verlander already has five wins with Houston, that’s not great!
The futility hearkens back to the 1996 Tigers team that went 4-23 in September.