{"id":712006,"date":"2026-05-29T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/712006\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:03:12","slug":"local-sports-radio-host-feuding-with-the-detroit-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/712006\/","title":{"rendered":"Local sports radio host feuding with the Detroit Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers<\/a>, tied for the worst record in the American League, are feuding with a local sports radio host.<\/p>\n

Well, at least they are on social media.<\/p>\n

Jim Costa of WXYT-FM’s Costa and Jansen with Heather<\/a> show (97.1 The Ticket) has been flaming the Tigers over the past few days as Detroit has slipped to the bottom of the AL standings<\/a>. That’s not particularly unexpected for a local sports talk radio personality, especially with the Tigers being the only Detroit professional sports team currently playing games.<\/p>\n

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What was odd is how the Tigers clapped back.<\/p>\n

But before we get there, let’s start at the beginning.<\/p>\n

What kicked off the beef<\/p>\n

During the Tigers’ 10-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> on Tuesday, May 26, right fielder Wenceel P\u00e9rez hit a solo home run that snapped a nearly monthlong streak without a round-tripper for the struggling outfielder. P\u00e9rez later shared a replay of his home run five times on his Instagram story, something Costa called out both on social media<\/a> and on his radio show the next day.<\/p>\n

“What point are you trying to prove here? That you’re good? You’re not,” Costa said on the show. “You’re a negative-one WAR player, there’s nobody worse in Major League Baseball. Your ass shouldn’t even be on the roster.”<\/p>\n

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P\u00e9rez went on to have his best series at the plate, going 3-for-9 with two home runs, a double and three walks as he raised his OPS by 88 points<\/a> over the span of three days (and is now merely the ninth-least-valuable position player in baseball<\/a> per FanGraphs WAR). His two homers against the Angels doubled his season total.<\/p>\n

But it was that second homer that got the Tigers involved in the beef.<\/p>\n

Tigers call out Jim Costa<\/p>\n

In the second inning of the Tigers’ 7-1 loss to the Angels<\/a> on Thursday, the Tigers’ official X account shared a replay of P\u00e9rez’s solo home run, which at the time gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Though the Tigers didn’t call out Costa directly, the caption on the post (“so good we might share it 5 [FIVE!?!] different times”) was clearly a reference to Costa’s rant about P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers’ post got a ton of engagement, some from fans appreciating the clapback but many more calling the caption out of touch.<\/p>\n

The blowback got worse as the game progressed, and the Tigers offense failed to record a hit for five consecutive innings following the home run (P\u00e9rez broke the streak with a leadoff double in the eighth inning) and ended up losing the game, 5-1, and the series to the fellow league-worst Angels.<\/p>\n

Costa then responded with a callback<\/a>, once again asking the Tigers to “read the room.”<\/p>\n

Neither side seemed to get total support in this beef, as a few people called out Costa’s most recent post as an unnecessary pile-on.<\/p>\n

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But there is one unifying factor here that basically everyone seems to agree on: The Tigers are playing bad baseball right now, and no one is to be happy about it.<\/p>\n

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You can reach Christian at cromo@freepress.com.<\/p>\n

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