SEATTLE — Free Press sports writer Evan Petzold breaks down the best-of-five ALDS in the 2025 MLB playoffs between the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners , beginning Saturday at T-Mobile Park.

No. 6 Detroit Tigers (87-75) vs No. 2 Seattle Mariners (90-72)

The managers: Tigers — A.J. Hinch (964-868 career; 349-416 with Tigers; 34-26 in postseason; 6-4 with Tigers in postseason); Mariners — Dan Wilson (111-85 career and with Mariners; 0-0 in postseason).

Regular-season series: Mariners, 4-2.

Top three players: Tigers — LHP Tarik Skubal , LF Riley Greene , DH Kerry Carpenter ; Mariners — C Cal Raleigh , CF Julio Rodríguez , RHP Bryan Woo . Detroit Tigers Playoff Tickets Buy tickets to see the Tigers in the MLB playoffs IN AND OUT: Tigers

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