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No Love For the Tigers at Baseball Prospectus

April 13th, 2007 | Brian

Baseball Prospectus put out their version of the power rankings today (called the Hit List) and despite the 6-3 start, the Tigers came in at fifteenth.Â Only the Cardinals finished lower then the Tigers and still had a winning record.Â The Indians came in at second place and the Twins also finished ahead of the Tigers at thirteen.Â Two spotsÂ down are the White Sox atÂ seventeen.Â

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This isn’t too surprising since I think their rankings are based mostly on your Pythagorean record.

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Posted by Matt in Toledo on April 13th, 2007 at 11:27 am

That, and I think third level wins and losses, which tries to take the home/away and the opposing pitching into consideration. In any case, 15 is exactly what I thought they’d come up with. Ranking is never as interesting as the words that go with it.

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Posted by Kurt on April 13th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

They’re squeaking by so far. The record is deceptive, and they’ll have to pick it up if they want to contend. That being said, I think they’re probably better than the 15th best team in the majors. Maybe 10th?

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Posted by Dan on April 13th, 2007 at 2:06 pm