{"id":381059,"date":"2025-10-15T10:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/381059\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:07:15","slug":"detroit-tigers-2025-theres-always-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/381059\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers 2025: There\u2019s Always Next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" The 2025 MLB season for the Detroit Tigers has come, and unfortunately is now gone. Despite the heartache felt by hundreds and thousands of Tigers fans across the globe, what an unexpected roller coaster of a season that leaves much to be hopeful for heading towards the future. The hard fought 15 inning Game 5 of the ALDS against the Seattle Mariners is righfully being considered by most an instant classic. This off-season will provide many lessons that NEED to be learned and understood by anyone on the field that\u2019s wearing the Old English D on their chest. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s still a hard pill to swallow knowing that the Detroit Tigers held onto first place for 170+ days before being dethroned by the Cleveland Guardians on September 24th. A monumental 15.5 game lead collapse in the Central Division will be something needing immediate attention, should the Tigers plan on staying competitive within the next couple of seasons. The Tigers lost their chance of being crowned Central Division Champions literally at the tail end of the season, however, a ticket to October baseball was punched, and essentially this was the pacifier that would coo the non-believers. <\/p>\n

The Tigers went on to play the Guardians in the Wild Card Series and were victorious, taking 2 out of 3 games in which they advanced to the ALDS and would ultimately meet their demise against the Seattle Mariners. In hindsight, if you were to ask any Detroit sports fan, beating a Cleveland team in the playoffs is alot like winning the championship for that particular sport. It\u2019s an unwritten rule that exists only in the \u201cif you know, you know\u201d sports book. That being said, the 2025 season was indeed a success. <\/p>\n

\"\"Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park \u2013 Detroit, MI (May 14th, 2025) <\/p>\n

Where do they go from here? Hopefully up! Here\u2019s a few key takeaways for consideration:<\/p>\n

First, despite the late standings collapse, the Tigers managed to win one more game from their previous 2024 record, boosting their win-loss ratio from .531 to .537. Not a mouth watering statistic, but it still points in the right direction. <\/p>\n

Second, a boost in the central division rankings from 3rd place in 2024 to 2nd place in 2025, with the Cleveland Guardians only possessing a one game edge at the end. Since the Guardians were predicated to be heavy favorites for World Series contention this season, this is a huge win in my book. <\/p>\n

Third, in the entirety of the 2024 postseason, the Tigers were shut out in 1 of 6 games and amassed a total of 18 runs scored. This postseason, the Tigers were never shut out and amassed a total of 26 runs scored. An 8 run improvement, which at quick glance doesn\u2019t seem like much, but if managed correctly, could\u2019ve been decisive in helping the Tigers advance to ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays. <\/p>\n

Fourth, strikeouts were a heavy burden on Detroit this postseason, thus being the frustration coming from a greater majority of Tigers fans. They struckout a total of 59 times during 6 games against the Guardians and Mariners combined. Would you believe that this same team struckout 81 times last postseason? So yup, another win for the improvement category. <\/p>\n

Fifth, let\u2019s talk money. Financials get you where you want to be in this business. The big market powerhouses that are the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, both have payroll salaries north of $300 million, while small market team, the Detroit Tigers, have a considerably less payroll salary that just breaks $150 million. For the second straight season, the Detroit Tigers earned their place into a deep postseason position that we wish went just a little bit further. To lose a 15 inning bout with a World Series contender was well worth the price of admission. That being said, with team finances aside, Detroit is aligned with where they\u2019re supposed to be. <\/p>\n

End Of Detroit Tigers Rant <\/p>\n

In the grand scheme of things, I\u2019m happy that Tigers are progressing slowly but surely. I know it\u2019s been a long time since they\u2019ve tasted the World Series and I strongly believe that they are at the tip of making it back there again. Without a doubt, I\u2019ll gladly take with stride, the ups and downs that the Tigers endured in 2025. <\/p>\n

Most importantly, this off-season has to be treated with great care and the management needs to acknowledge that if you want nice things, you have to pay nice prices. Nice meaning \u201ccostly\u201d, and why wouldn\u2019t you if you have the means to do so? Finger pointing and making excuses as to why the Detroit Tigers didn\u2019t go any further is an absolute waste of time and effort. This wasted time could be better utilized putting together solid contracts and cementing the team that\u2019ll lead the city of Detroit to a championship that it so richly deserves. Detroit loves its teams, and it\u2019s time that those organizations start loving them back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 MLB season for the Detroit Tigers has come, and unfortunately is now gone. Despite the heartache…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,147,53,2583,4,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-381059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-detroittigers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115377631761882273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}