The Detroit Tigers

Although all three of the pitchers the Yankees received in the Sheffield-Detroit trade (Whelan, Sanchez, Claggett) have been injured and on the DL, two of the three (Whelan and Claggett) are expected to return from the DL shortly. Meanwhile, Sheffield could be headed back to the DL, as he tore a tendon in his finger today against Kansas while trying to stretch a single into a double. A lot of people were quick to declare the Tigers as a guaranteed lock to make it to the World Series and I would agree with that sentiment, but the start of their season isn’t going so well. Granderson, Zumaya, and now Miguel Cabrera have all been hampered by injuries. In fact, Detroit was swept by the Royals and and three great pitching performances by Gill Meche, Brian Bannister and Zack Greinke.

As Yankee fans know, it doesn’t matter how much money is pumped into a lineup or who is in that lineup if they can’t stay healthy.