{"id":13836,"date":"2025-05-09T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/13836\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:17:10","slug":"detroit-tigers-tied-with-los-angeles-dodgers-for-best-record-in-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/13836\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers tied with Los Angeles Dodgers for best record in MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a new team in the top five of ESPN\u2019s latest MLB Power Rankings \u2014 the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n

The Tigers, who swept a three-game series from the Colorado Rockies,<\/a> now are tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in baseball (25-13, .658), following the Dodgers\u2019 loss to Arizona on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have a 2\u00bd-game lead over Cleveland and Kansas City in the AL Central as they open a three-game weekend series against Texas on Friday night at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are fifth in ESPN\u2019s latest rankings, which were released on Thursday, following the No. 1 Dodgers, No. 2 Mets, No. 3 Padres and No. 4 Cubs. The Tigers climbed from No. 7 in the previous rankings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Tigers have flourished in a number of ways during the season’s opening weeks but one thing that really stands out is the degree to which they have dominated at Comerica Park,\u201d writes ESPN\u2019s Bradford Doolittle.<\/a> \u201cThey’ve started 13-3 at home with a net per-game differential of plus-2.81 runs, the best in baseball. To put it another way, that differential translates to an .819 expected winning percentage, or 133 wins over 162 games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers\u2019 overall run differential is plus-83, which leads MLB by a large margin. The Yankees are second at plus-61, followed by the Mets (plus-59), Cubs (plus-58) and Dodgers (plus-51).<\/p>\n

The Tigers, who opened the season being swept in a three-game series by the Dodgers, have won four in a row and seven of their last eight.<\/p>\n

They lead the majors in hitting (.262) and are second in runs and RBIs. On the pitching side they’re third in both ERA (2.95) and WHIP (1.14).<\/p>\n

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