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Forbes: Tigers' TV ratings see biggest drop in MLB

As Johnny Kane's calorie intake went way up, and before him Justin White's, Tigers television ratings went way down.

In Nielsen numbers obtained by Forbes, the Tigers saw their prime-time audience fall a whopping 38 percent from 2016, which was the largest falloff in Major League Baseball.

The Tigers went from 86 wins and a near playoff spot in 2016 to 64 wins and a last-place finish in 2017.

As such, Detroit went from a 7.51 rating in 2016 to a 4.64 rating in 2017. Each ratings point equates to 1 percent of households in the market.