To call the Detroit Tigers' season an emotional roller coaster would probably be an understatement. Coming into the year, the Tigers were riding a high from a dramatic late-season surge in 2024 that saw them seven games under .500 and six out of a wild-card spot as late as Aug. 2, only to win 34 of their last 51 games , grabbing a playoff berth.

The Tigers lost in five games in the American League Division Series, but that didn't dampen their mood heading into this season. The club simply dominated for nearly the first five months of the season, only to suffer the largest single collapse in major league history, blowing a 15 1/2-game lead on July 8 to lose the AL Central Division pennant to the Cleveland Guardians.

The Tigers exacted some measure of revenge by eliminating Cleveland

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