Halfway Point for 2007 Tigers

Durbin already has logged nine wins.

My 2007 Detroit Tigers Replay have officially entered the All-Star Break, I will return to the season in a few months as I prepare to return to my main project the "Crazy 48's League". The Tigers are ahead of pace so far, even if I'm not happy that Todd Jones blown the last two games (bailed out by Sean Casey's walk-off single in the 2nd to last one) -- The Tigers' last game before the break, was a blown 8-1 lead over the Boston Red Sox, in which they lost in extras 9-8! So two blown saves for Jones in as many games, allowing 6 ER's in 1.2 innings.

The Tigers are 5 games up on Cleveland, in real-life they were only one game ahead of Cleveland at the break, and the Tigers would collapse in the second-half. I'm hoping to avoid a repeat in history, and see if I can get this team into the playoffs. It certainly won't be easy.

Interesting Stats

• Carlos Guillen's struggles, he was amazing the first month and has been slumping since, dropping his average down to .224! 
• A healthy Gary Sheffield is on pace for a 40/40 season, not to mention he's on pace for 150 RBI!
• Chad Durbin and his 9-1 record, he only went 8-7 in real-life, so he already broke his season total in wins, his ERA of 4.58 is more on par with his real-life 4.72 ERA.
• Curtis Granderson already has 32 doubles & 86 runs for the season!
• Magglio Ordonez won the batting title in 2007, he's leading the league, while flirting with .400 for the most part in the first-half, he's at .397 & has drawn 64 walks.
• Justin Verlander & Jeremy Bonderman both have 10 wins each, and are on pace for 20 -- while Verlander is on pace for 200 K's (He only had 178 K's in 2007). Both also have respectable ERA's (Verlander 3.81, Bonderman 3.93).
• Granderson, Polanco & Ordonez are easily on pace for 200+ hits, Ordonez (133 hits) & Granderson (131 hits) may flirt with Ichiro's single-season record.
• I tried to keep the pitchers & batters to their innings & at-bats limits for the most part, for the relievers there is really little I could do, as all of them are well ahead of their paces. It appears I will have at least 4 relievers making at least 80 appearances this season, in which they will likely log around 90 innings.
• Ryan Raburn has been the best player off the bench, batting .333, 4 HR & 17 RBI in 84 at-bats, with a .947 OPS.