For much of Major League Baseball’s 2025 campaign, the Detroit Tigers were the team to beat. They were the first team to reach each of the 30 wins, 40 wins and 50 wins plateaus, and they still looked like the clear favorite for the American League’s No. 1 seed into late August, when they were 25 games over .500 and running away with the AL Central.
Rather than wrapping up that top spot, though, they went 9-22 down the stretch, narrowly earning the No. 6 seed in a tiebreaker with Houston. And though they were able to clip Cleveland in the wild card round, the best-of-five showdown with the Seattle Mariners was too much for this juggernaut-turned-underdog to overcome after falling 3-2 in a 15-inning classic.
They don’t lose too much this offseason, though, and they should have a nice chunk of spending money in their quest to put together a roster better equipped to avoid a late-season collapse next time around.
We’ll discuss impending free agents and key options decisions before identifying areas of need and possible targets, culminating in a way-too-early projection of the Tigers’ 26-man roster when they open the 2026 campaign against the San Diego Padres a little less than six months from now.
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