Wild Stat Predicts American League Winner - It's Not the Yankees

The 2025 MLB season is in full swing and there are a few teams who have emerged from the rest of the pack as legitimate contenders. In the American League, two of those teams are the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees.

Entering the season, the Tigers were expected to be a good team. However, they have taken that to another level and are one of the best teams in baseball.

Right now, Detroit holds a 50-31 record, which places them No. 1 in the AL. Behind them are the Houston Astros at 47-33 and the Yankees at 46-34.

A new statistic has been revealed that drops a prediction for the American League winner. That team is not New York, who many picked to win the AL at the beginning of the year.

OptaSTATS took to X to share an intriguing statistic. The last three times the Tigers had the best record in baseball midway through the season, they won the league.

"The Detroit @tigers are tied with the LA Dodgers for the best record in MLB after 81 games played. The last three times the Tigers had the best record in baseball at the halfway point of the season, they won the American League pennant (2006, 1984 and 1968)," the post read.