The Tigers are favorites to nab a Wild Card postseason spot after being dead to rights just a month ago.
The implied odds that the Tigers would make the playoffs in early August was +50000, but even that was too generous. In many major American sportsbooks, that option was off the board entirely.
Since then, Detroit has went on a 28-11 rampage — the best record in MLB by far — and slowly those odds started to return to market. They re-opened around the +8000 mark in mid-August and have steadily decreased from there.
Now, before a pivotal night game against the Rays at 6:40 p.m. ET tonight, the Tigers are roughly -370 to make the playoffs, although that market has been taken down with games having started in the American League on Wednesday afternoon.
It's a steady decline for a team that had been as long as +10000 to win the American League as recently as the beginning of the month. Now, that mark is at +1400 at DraftKings.
The Tigers need to outperform both the Royals and Twins by a game down the stretch in order to lock down a playoff spot. And, if they win out, they could still nab the top Wild Card birth from the reeling Orioles, who have struggled of late. The Tigers are unable to win their division after the Guardians wrapped up that title over the weekend.
The Tigers have a market-best price of -120 at Fanatics to beat the Rays tonight and further solidify their mad push toward the postseason.
