A few former Tigers stepped into the spotlight of the MLB postseason, with one reaching the ultimate prize: a 2025 World Series championship with the Los Angeles Dodgers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justin Wrobleski, a Tiger from 2018 to 2019, accomplished every player\u2019s dream, winning the World Series. Wrobleski successfully helped the Dodgers become the first team to repeat as champions since the Yankees\u2019 three-peat from 1998-2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wrobleski, an 11th-round draft pick in the 2021 MLB draft, appeared in the drama-filled Game 7 of the World Series, replacing starter and 2025 National League MVP Shohei Ohtani in the third inning. He pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out two.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second-year reliever found himself in hot water when he hit Toronto Blue Jays\u2019 Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez with a pitch, after Gim\u00e9nez appeared to lean into the previous pitch, resulting in the benches clearing and warnings issued to both sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overall, Wrobleski made four appearances throughout the postseason, tossing five total innings without surrendering a run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 24 regular-season games, Wrobleski recorded a 5-5 record with a 4.32 ERA and 76 strikeouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weston Wilson, a Tiger from 2014 to 2016, earned a spot on the Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 NLDS roster as an outfielder, despite an early-season oblique injury that hindered his performance this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Playing behind Brandon Marsh, Max Kepler and Otto Kemp, Wilson did not see postseason action and served as a bench player.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wilson finished the 2025 season batting .198 with five home runs and 17 RBIs across 54 games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though he wasn\u2019t able to pitch much, former Tiger Carson Spiers still played a role in the Cincinnati Reds\u2019 remarkable season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Spiers, a Tiger from 2017 to 2020, underwent Tommy John surgery in July after dealing with right shoulder impingement since April.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In just three games \u2014 starting two \u2014 with the Reds, Spiers went 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA. The team envisioned Spiers as \u201ca versatile arm that could both start and work in relief,\u201d making his injury a significant blow to the Reds\u2019 pitching depth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Four additional Tigers also played in the majors this season: Spencer Strider, a Tiger from 2018 to 2020, and Eli White, 2014 to 16, with the Atlanta Braves; Logan Davidson, 2017 to 2019, with both the Athletics and Angels; and Bryce Teodosio, 2018 to 2021, with the Angels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few former Tigers stepped into the spotlight of the MLB postseason, with one reaching the ultimate prize:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[5,2328,2304,4,2305,2303,51345],"class_list":{"0":"post-441129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","10":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-playoffs","13":"tag-mlb-postseason","14":"tag-tigers-in-the-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115582162961088266","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441129","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=441129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}