And now, for the World Series of Misery.
It might not draw headlines across baseball, but this weekend, the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles will play a four-game set with a big future implication: The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft.
After the Tigers' doubleheader against the Yankees on Thursday, they were 3 ½ games ahead of the Orioles in the chase for the top pick, 102 losses to 99, with Baltimore playing one fewer game thus far..
The four-game matchup could go a long way in determining who lands the top pick in next year’s draft: When the Orioles leave town on Monday night, there will be less than two weeks left in the regular season.