The Tiger Beat: The Tigers continue to dominate

This team is just so fun.

Happy Wednesday, everyone! The Tigers walked away with a memorable win last night to open their series against the Orioles. As we prepare to see them go to game two tonight, we have some tidbits of news from the Tigers universe and beyond, so without further ado, we’ll just jump into it.

Detroit Tigers News:

• The Tigers top The Athletic’s power rankings this week . Here’s what they have to say about the team:

Detroit has had contributions from up and down the lineup, and from some hidden heroes, like Jahmai Jones and his first pitch, first homer as a Tiger, along with some truly standout pitching. It’s been enough to carve out a seven-game lead in the AL Central, and the Tigers just took the weekend series against one of the NL’s best in the Chicago Cubs.

If the Tigers can hold steady, they’ll have enough to claim home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, which could bode well for a deep October run — Detroit’s 23-9 home record is the best in the AL. Precedent suggests not to count these Tigers out.

• Will Vest talks about being part of the Tigers’ Renaissance.

• Pretty, pretty, pretty good…

• I’d say that’s worth a few All-Star votes…

AL Central News:

• The Royals are still recovering from the massive 469-foot home run that nearly left the stadium .
• Terry Francona shared his reaction to returning to Cleveland . ($)

MLB News:

• Stop whatever you are doing to watch this catch.

• Are these players boosting their own trade value?
• Shohei Ohtani’s journey back to pitching is a step closer, as he threw three innings of live BP .
• If you’ve ever wanted to see an argument from an umpire’s eye-view, Manny Machado has you covered.
• What every team needs to do ahead of the trade deadline .
• This is interesting news!

• Gosh I love random stat spreads.