Despite the season being declared over before even beginning, the Detroit Tigers somehow find themselves in the division chase in the middle of June. Surely this will eventually change — probably very disastrously — but the team’s surprising “success” should not be overlooked.
What has led to the team’s exceeding of expectations is unclear; the offense is in within the bottom half of the league in runs and the starters and relievers rank in the bottom ten in ERA. Instead, it has been a combination of little things that has kept the Tigers afloat thus far.