Back to the Detroit Tigers Newsfeed

PECOTA projections have Tigers as 3rd-worst team in MLB

On Wednesday, along with the dismal USA Today predictions, the Baseball Prospectus PECOTA predictions for 2018 were released. While the Tigers fared slightly better here than with USA Today, the consensus seems to be that the team will be bad.

Really bad.

The Tigers are expected to have a 68-94 record. In the American League, only the Kansas City Royals are projected to do worse, with 66-96, and in the National League the Marlins are projected to also come in with a mere 66 wins.

Overall, they project Detroit to hit a combined .