The Detroit Tigers used an "all hands on deck" strategy for their offense, and it worked out better than expected.
Thus, just before the All-Star break, the Tigers decided to move Maeda to the bullpen indefinitely – although not necessarily ...
One piece of the Detroit Tigers return in their trade deadline sell-off has already made an impact on the Major League club.
After Aug. 10, the Tigers were buried eight games under .500 and 10 games back in the wild-card race, with a 0.2% chance to make the playoffs, according to Fangraphs. Less than 50 days later ...
The Tigers were 56-63 and 9 1/2 games behind the third wild-card spot at the time. It appeared baseball's longest postseason drought (tied with the Los Angeles Angels) would get a little longer.
Two Tigers who played their way into a bigger role next season, and one who should probably see more time in the minors.