by AAA Sports
Friday, Jan 30, 2026
Detroit Tigers OVER 84.5 Wins (-110) --
Last season, Detroit was able to win 87 games and that was with Cleveland winning the division. In 2024, the Tigers were just making a name for themselves again and putting their names on the map with an 86 win performance. As Tarik Skubal has evolved, and the rest of the Tigers have been assembled, Detroit is the favorite to win this season's AL Central at (+130.) Over the L2 seasons, Detroits been one of the youngest teams in each of it's playoff stints. Even though it's had a fair bit of success, gaining those years of experience on the biggest of stages is going to help Detroit even more for this season when everyone's not expecting it. A lot of the big named team went out and added guys to the team in the offseason. The Tigers did go geta bunch of guys to bolster their Minor League teams with potential in-season adds to the 26 man team. We think that even though there are teams with much better overall rosters going into the year, Detroit should be able to at least repeat a performance like we've seen over the last couple of seasons this year. It didn't get any worse, and the bats are only getting stronger.
Milwaukee Brewers UNDER 83.5 Wins (-110) --
Milwaukee is a bit of a tricky team to look into this season. It never seems to like paying it's players the biggest of money. Jackson Chourio is probably the biggest name in the organization at the moment and he got paid quite a bit. But, the Brewers haven't been able to spend 100+ million on anyone yet other than Yelich it seems. They just traded their top pitcher from last year -- Freddy Peralta to the Mets. Now, the Brewers did stay relevant even after trading Corbin Burnes a few seasons ago. But, losing another top pitcher like that is going to be really tough. There is definitely a world where Milwaukee can be really good again this season with it's young guys showing out like it did in the second half of last year. But, the Brew Crew also lost a really solid hitter -- Isaac Collins -- to KC and that could hurt. We'll take them to finish under 83 wins.
Minnesota Twins UNDER 73.5 Wins (-110) --
At the trade deadline last year, Minnesota completely changed it's roster by moving a lot of it's top players. It was due to the fact that the Twins weren't playing well with the team that they had. But, they didn't necessarily have to do all of that. With that happening though, the Twins aren't really supposed to be too competitive with anyone this season and they will feature a lot of guys with little to no experience. They still have some vets like Pablo López on the team. But, he's not going to be able to carry the Twins rotation along by himself. Minnesota's got a long rebuild ahead of it and we could see it taking at least a few seasons before the Twins become one of the best in the AL Central. The sportsbooks still have Minnesota favored to place fourth ahead of CWS. But, we actually think that the White Sox could be much closer to Minnesota than everyone thinks -- both having lots of trouble this year.
Last season, Detroit was able to win 87 games and that was with Cleveland winning the division. In 2024, the Tigers were just making a name for themselves again and putting their names on the map with an 86 win performance. As Tarik Skubal has evolved, and the rest of the Tigers have been assembled, Detroit is the favorite to win this season's AL Central at (+130.) Over the L2 seasons, Detroits been one of the youngest teams in each of it's playoff stints. Even though it's had a fair bit of success, gaining those years of experience on the biggest of stages is going to help Detroit even more for this season when everyone's not expecting it. A lot of the big named team went out and added guys to the team in the offseason. The Tigers did go geta bunch of guys to bolster their Minor League teams with potential in-season adds to the 26 man team. We think that even though there are teams with much better overall rosters going into the year, Detroit should be able to at least repeat a performance like we've seen over the last couple of seasons this year. It didn't get any worse, and the bats are only getting stronger.
Milwaukee Brewers UNDER 83.5 Wins (-110) --
Milwaukee is a bit of a tricky team to look into this season. It never seems to like paying it's players the biggest of money. Jackson Chourio is probably the biggest name in the organization at the moment and he got paid quite a bit. But, the Brewers haven't been able to spend 100+ million on anyone yet other than Yelich it seems. They just traded their top pitcher from last year -- Freddy Peralta to the Mets. Now, the Brewers did stay relevant even after trading Corbin Burnes a few seasons ago. But, losing another top pitcher like that is going to be really tough. There is definitely a world where Milwaukee can be really good again this season with it's young guys showing out like it did in the second half of last year. But, the Brew Crew also lost a really solid hitter -- Isaac Collins -- to KC and that could hurt. We'll take them to finish under 83 wins.
Minnesota Twins UNDER 73.5 Wins (-110) --
At the trade deadline last year, Minnesota completely changed it's roster by moving a lot of it's top players. It was due to the fact that the Twins weren't playing well with the team that they had. But, they didn't necessarily have to do all of that. With that happening though, the Twins aren't really supposed to be too competitive with anyone this season and they will feature a lot of guys with little to no experience. They still have some vets like Pablo López on the team. But, he's not going to be able to carry the Twins rotation along by himself. Minnesota's got a long rebuild ahead of it and we could see it taking at least a few seasons before the Twins become one of the best in the AL Central. The sportsbooks still have Minnesota favored to place fourth ahead of CWS. But, we actually think that the White Sox could be much closer to Minnesota than everyone thinks -- both having lots of trouble this year.
