The Detroit Tigers have to figure out how they are going to get over the hump of the ALDS.
While the 2024 experience was an incredible one considering they were sellers ahead of that year’s trade deadline, this season was different based on the fact they were one of the best teams in baseball throughout virtually the entire campaign.
One area that let them down this year was their pitching staff. Injuries to Jackson Jobe, Alex Cobb and Reese Olson didn’t help matters. And neither did the underwhelming performance of Jack Flaherty and others.
The Tigers tried to fix things ahead of the trade deadline when they acquired multiple arms, but only one really panned out when Kyle Finnegan became a shutdown high-leverage man for them down the stretch.
Detroit was hoping they would get two of those types of relievers when they also acquired Paul Sewald. However, he didn’t make his team debut until Sept. 18 and only appeared in four games where he gave up two runs, which caused them not to use him in the playoffs.
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