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Detroit Tigers: Contenders Or Pretenders?

Published by on May 27, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB

The Detroit Tigers are one of the hottest teams in baseball and are currently in first place in the American League Central Division. After being a major disappointment last year, not much was expected out of them in 2009.

This a group still has a large part of the nucleus that was in the World Series three years ago, but are they for real?

Looking at some of the players they have and the division they are in, I think they are definitely contenders.

With Justin Verlander and Dontrelle Willis coming back, the starting rotation will receive a boost. The rest of the rotation features some youth in Edwin Jackson, Rick Porcello, and Armando Galarraga.

So far these young arms have done quite well. H...

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