The Tigers, a team on the rise, will open their quest for a second consecutive playoff berth against the team at the top. That sight isn’t lost on the young players who led Detroit on an incredible late-season run last year to its first postseason berth in a decade.

Two MLB teams on different ends of the starting pitcher spectrum are the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. The Dodgers may have the most starting pitcher depth in baseball, while the Yankees have almost none.

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