After an eight-game, three-team road trip, the Tigers come back home sitting a couple games under .500. Though we have just begun the second month of the season, there is starting to be some separation between contenders and pretenders, and it looks pretty clear to which group Detroit belongs. Nevertheless, the home team will have a chance to claw back to an even record against a pair of beatable squads.
Up first are the Kansas City Royals, who predictably sit at the bottom of the AL Central, already 10 games under .500. The Royals are not quite the very bottom of the league, but they do rank 18th in wRC+, 23rd in FIP, 24th in starter ERA, and 26th in reliever ERA.