The Detroit Tigers stumbled into the 2025 postseason after one of the most dramatic collapses in Major League Baseball history. Despite leading the American League Central by 15.5 games in July, Detroit (87–75) lost 13 of its final 16 games and finished September with a 7–17 (.292) record , the worst final-month mark by a playoff team since the World Series began in 1903, per MLB insider and columnist Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

Their season ended on Sunday with a 4–3 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. The defeat, combined with the Cleveland Guardians’ 9–8 extra-inning win over the Texas Rangers, officially gave Cleveland the AL Central crown . The Guardians not only erased Detroit’s massive midsummer advantage but also completed the largest comeback to win a division in M

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