Here's a position-by-position breakdown of the Tigers and Mariners ahead of their best-of-five American League Division Series, which starts Saturday in Seattle:

Catcher

The most valuable offensive player for each team, in terms of WAR, is at the catcher spot, Dillon Dingler for the Tigers and Cal Raleigh for the Mariners. They both are very good defensively, as the only starting catchers in Major League Baseball to not have allowed a single passed ball in 2025. But the similarities can probably stop there. Dingler has had a nice breakthrough season, and he hit a huge home run in the Tigers' Game 3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, but Raleigh is the "Big Dumper," the likely American League MVP, after smashing 60 home runs. That's a record for a catcher, and he's just the fourth AL p

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