SportsLine's model simulated Tuesday afternoon's Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros matchup in the 2024 MLB playoffs 10,000 times

Here's a position-to-position breakdown of the Tigers-Astros first-round playoff series, which gets under way at 2:32 p.m. Tuesday in Houston.

Hinch returns to the playoffs Tuesday with the Detroit Tigers in their first postseason appearance in a decade when they face the AL West champion Astros in Game 1 of a best-of-three Wild Card Series. Detroit ace Tarik Skubal (18-4, 2.39 ERA) opposes fellow left-hander Framber Valdez (15-7, 2.91) in the opener.