Consider this a distant cousin to the Secrets of the AL Central series. In the next week or so we'll go through all the Royals' hated AL Central rivals. Today we start with the only team the Royals finished ahead of in 2008: Detroit.
| '07 Pythag | '08 Pythag | |
| Tigers | 89-73 | 78-84 |
| Royals | 74-88 | 72-90 |
I'm going to assume you are roughly familiar with Kansas City's offseason. As for the Tigers:
Lost: Kyle Farnsworth (10 game swing !!!!), Edgar Renteria, Matt Joyce
Added: Adam Everett, Brandon Lyon, Gerald Laird, Edwin Jackson
So, are the Royals better than the Tigers? Don't overthink the question, or qualifiy it, or give me a probability range, just tell me.