Will the Tigers Make the Playoffs?

All year we have been encouraging people not to worry, as the season is one that is long. The thought is the same for today. Here are a couple of items to remember as we come down the stretch. 

1.) The regular season lasts into October this year. In fact, the Tigers have a final three game series in Kansas City that will be fully played in October. With this in mind, there are still 36 games left in this season. That is still almost a quarter of the season. 22.22%.

2.) The scoreboard watching has certainly picked up. Every night we find ourselves checking to see if the White Sox won. Their season continues to come together with unexpected rigor. Bottom line... They keep winning, but we don't think that their pace will continue. All of their pieces have fallen into place this year and this will not sustain through the final quarter of the season. 

3.) As stated in an earlier post, with the parallel schedules that the White Sox and Tigers have, whether or not the Tigers make the playoffs will depend on those seven games. If either team wins 5 of 7, then that team will win the Central. The other team will have to scramble to get one of those wildcard bids.