Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 9: The Carlos Guillen edition
We're 6 back of Cleveland with 19 to go. That mandates absolutely no worse than 5-2 against them the rest of the way, and even then we'd need some help. 6-1 and we might screw around and win the Central. If we do any worse than 4-3, we're in trouble on all fronts. If Baltimore plays 10-9 the rest of the way, we need 11-8 to catch them. If we get our asses kicked by Cleveland again, our margin for error for ANY playoff spot is next to zero.
We've still got a series with KC left, too. 7 with Cleveland, 6 with Minnesota, and 3 each with KC and Atlanta, of all teams.
EDIT: The more I look at this, I think we may need a 12-7 finish to get in. Boston, Toronto, Baltimore and NY are going to eat each other over the next two weeks, so for the most part, they're going to come in around .500 the rest of the way. SOMEBODY in that group is going to win at least 10 more games. We're not going to be able to back our way into this one.
We're 6 back of Cleveland with 19 to go. That mandates absolutely no worse than 5-2 against them the rest of the way, and even then we'd need some help. 6-1 and we might screw around and win the Central. If we do any worse than 4-3, we're in trouble on all fronts. If Baltimore plays 10-9 the rest of the way, we need 11-8 to catch them. If we get our asses kicked by Cleveland again, our margin for error for ANY playoff spot is next to zero.
We've still got a series with KC left, too. 7 with Cleveland, 6 with Minnesota, and 3 each with KC and Atlanta, of all teams.
EDIT: The more I look at this, I think we may need a 12-7 finish to get in. Boston, Toronto, Baltimore and NY are going to eat each other over the next two weeks, so for the most part, they're going to come in around .500 the rest of the way. SOMEBODY in that group is going to win at least 10 more games. We're not going to be able to back our way into this one.
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