Surprising Detroit Tigers Are Making the Pieces Fit Anywhere and Everywhere

What's Behind the Powerhouse That is the Detroit Tigers?

“A city that doesn’t care about the odds has a baseball team to match.” This line, delivered by Tigers play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti during the improbable 2024 playoff run, perfectly encapsulates what the Tigers have been for the past 10 months. Anytime they look like they are out, the gritty Tigers claw back. Players who we all thought were not going to contribute have flipped the script, highlighted by the moment Javier Baez had on Tues…

Surprising Detroit Tigers Are Making the Pieces Fit Anywhere and Everywhere

The Motown sound is a crack of the bat and the whoosh of a fastball this year. The Detroit Tigers are building off last season’s MLB playoff campaign with their best start since 2006. Through the first 43 games of the 2025 season, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has written out the same batting order for consecutive games exactly zero times. He’s used five different hitters in the leadoff spot, with his best power hitter in terms of at-bats pe…