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00:00To me, the Tigers are the most fascinating team because they kind of came out of nowhere last year
00:04and you looked at their squad, especially Matt offensively, you're like, wait a second,
00:08how are they getting this done? It was sort of strange because nobody put up huge offensive
00:13numbers for them, but they had the best pitcher in baseball. They had a great bullpen and that
00:18sort of carried them. So this year they're doubling down a little bit. They've spent some
00:22nice money. They signed Jack Flaherty. He's back in their starting rotation. They've added
00:26Torres to the infield. I don't know what that means for Javi Baez, but he'll just keep eating
00:30the money while he doesn't play, I guess. And then they signed Alex Cobb to a one-year contract.
00:34I believe Cobb may be banged up in the spring. I got to double check that, but I think so.
00:39So look, Tariq Schubel fronts that rotation. As I just mentioned, a couple of nice bullpen
00:44arms in the back end, seven, eight, nine, they play great defense. I know their outfield is
00:49really good too with green and them. So I would expect Detroit to be in this to the end. I guess
00:55it just comes down to, as you said before we went on the air, staying healthy. Like who's going to
00:59stay healthy for this team? Yeah, I agree. And I think that the pitching is what's going to carry
01:05them. There's no question about that. And they have that, and that goes a long way. You know,
01:10that's where you really get worried though, if there is an injury to one of those top starters,
01:14but that's true of every team, of course, and always going to be true in baseball, but they
01:18have enough offense. We saw it last year. And I think too, there's something about a team like
01:23that that gets some experience, that gets a taste of winning and they can carry it over.
01:28They have the talent and in a division where there is no clear-cut favorite, I think, you know,
01:33they're as good of a pick as anyone when you have the best pitcher and when you have some of these
01:37really good young players that they do have.