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Part of that was they played the Padres really early.

Anyway, my point is I'm hoping to find some numbers that say, nope, we were all wrong, we overrated the Tigers.

But I don't think we did.

And I think we're just waiting for them to take off.

That's the issue.

Our assessment coming in was like when we said, okay, what does a Royals division title look like?

It did not look like Cleveland last year.

It looked like a hot start, getting a big lead, and holding off a charge.

And I still think that's what it would look like.

So they haven't had the hot start.

They better get hot now.

Like, I don't think you want to have to close on the Tigers to win the division.

Well, and while we're taking inventory of the American League Central, the flip side of that is while the Royals are still looking up at the White Sox, say I put the Twins in the rearview mirror by just a half a game, and so I'd like to see that grow.

But while we're looking at the White Sox, I do think they're better, but I'm still not buying them.

They have a negative 15 run differential where the Tigers are plus 18.

They're hot right now.

Yeah, the expected win loss for the Tigers is 19 and 16, so a game better than they are.

The expected win loss for the White Sox is 15 and 19.

So they are exceeding their expected win-loss by a game.

So I think there's a bit of a market correction to come.