MINNEAPOLIS - OCTOBER 06: Miguel Cabrera #24 of the Detroit Tigers is congratulated by Magglio Ordonez #30 after hitting a home run during the 3rd inning of the American League Tiebreaker game against the Minnesota Twins on October 6, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
The Detroit Tigers have outplayed their expectations from the preseason by a simply massive margin. Coming off a series win against an American League premier team in the Boston Red Sox, here’s a look at a surprising 2021 by the numbers.
Anytime a Major League Baseball team vastly outperforms their preseason expectations, there are typically a bevy of unexpected analytical aspects that point to what happened.