The Detroit Tigers’ outstanding Cinderella season got here to an finish as they misplaced to the Cleveland Guardians in recreation 5 of the American League Division Collection.
A staff that at one level of the season had lower than 1% probability to make the playoffs not solely made the playoffs, however they received a sequence.
The Tigers swept the American League West champion Houston Astros 2-0 within the wild-card sequence to advance to their first American League Division Collection since 2014.
Regardless that the Tigers’ season ended sooner than they might have preferred, their Supervisor AJ Hinch gave his opinion on his staff’s season.
“I’m thrilled with what we completed this season and the way we represented Detroit and getting successful baseball again in that group,” Hinch mentioned.
Hinch was in a position to lead this Tigers squad to their first successful season since 2016 and their first playoff look since 2014.
With a file of 86 wins and 76 losses, the Tigers squeaked into the playoffs because the third wild-card staff within the American League.
Showing to be big underdogs towards the Astros, the Tigers shocked the staff that went to the final 7 American League Championship Collection.
Hinch does admit that he’s a little bit jealous to not be taking part in in New York on Tuesday, however he believes his staff was all on this season.
The Tigers have a younger and gifted roster that has opened up some eyes within the baseball neighborhood this season.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if this staff can observe up their nice 2024 season with an identical season in 2025.