1987 Cleveland Indians=2008 Detroit Tigers?

This year, Sports Illustrated picked the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series. In 1987, SI picked the Indians, and featured none other than Cory Snyder and Joe Carter on the cover:

First of all, the unintentional comedy of this cover is off the charts. The cheesy smiles the both of these guys are showing are hilarioius, and I'm pretty sure this is the work of an amateur. Also, the Indians went on to lose 101 games in '87.

Ok, onto my point. Obviously it's 9 games into the season, and it is way too early to make any predictions of any kind. But what if the Tigers are heading down the same path? They're too talented to lose 101 games, but wouldn't it be something if they were MLB's biggest disappointment this year?

By the way, what happened to Dontrelle Willis? Him and C.C. seemed to be having the same career, but he had that extra flair that made him an instant superstar. Then all of a sudden he just loses it? It's official, Dontrelle Willis is the poor man's (if not homeless man's) C.C. Sabathia.