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The Tigers experienced a late-season collapse, losing a historic lead in the AL Central to the Guardians.

Despite losing 13 of their final 16, the Tigers secured the AL's sixth seed in the 2025 MLB playoffs by winning a tiebreaker with the Astros.

The Tigers now meet the Guardians in a best-of-three AL wild-card series, beginning Tuesday in Cleveland with Tarik Skubal on the mound for Game 1.

You can come out now, the regular-season nightmare is over.

I find you in the basement, hiding under a blue and orange blanket.

“Is it over?” you whisper.

The floor is covered with hot dog wrappers and empty Cracker Jack boxes. A Detroit Tigers cap is buried under newspapers.

“How long have you been down here?” I ask. Expert MLB daily picks: Unique MLB betting insights

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