The Detroit Tigers entered the 2025 season with an opening day payroll of $145,318,033 (17), according to Cot’s Contracts. By season’s end, that number was up to $161.4 million, which ranked 16th in the major leagues out of 30 teams. Those numbers were up significantly from opening day, 2024, when the club had an Opening Day total of just over $101 million, 26th in the majors.

Most of the approximately $16 million increase during the season is due to trade deadline acquisitions, as well as a few other moves to plug holes in the roster along the way.

The Tigers had few free agents to be concerned about after the 2024 season, as they traded away just about every player who wasn’t nailed down before they launched their improbable surge to the playoffs late in the season. This winter promise

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