CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers nearly collapsed out of the 2025 MLB postseason, but they survived and ended up with the No. 6 seed in the American League after stumbling into the third and final AL wild-card spot.

It's time for the playoffs.

The Tigers — led by president of baseball operations Scott Harris and manager A.J. Hinch — need to set their 26-man roster for the AL wild-card series against the Cleveland Guardians , which begins Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Progressive Field. Left-hander Tarik Skubal is scheduled to start Game 1 in the best-of-three showdown.

"Obviously, we have a lot of decisions to make over the next couple of days," Hinch said before Sunday's 4-3 loss in the final game of the regular season. "Being able to push Skubal back is awesome, just to get him to s

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