Tigers 0-5--OK, What's Your Point?

So in the history of Major League Baseball only two teams have started off the season 0-5 and went on to make the playoffs.  Neither of those teams won the World Series. Well look.  Putting it bluntly, after this year that will go to three teams.  It will be tough, competing with the Indians, but look at what Detroit has to offer. They have a pitching staff that includes Dontrelle Willis, Kenny Rogers, and Justin Verlander.  They have a solid offensive core that is going to hit.  Dave Dombrowski added Miguel Cabrera and Edgar Renteria to give the lineup an extra pop.  Jacque Jones and Magglio Ordonez are going to hit.  Do you really think that the Orioles and Royals, the two teams leading the AL East and AL Central right now, are going to win their respective division? The offense is in a slump right now.  But the offense of every team in Major League Baseball is going to go through slumps at many different points during the season.  The ... [link]