The Detroit Tigers’ exceptional Cinderella season got here to an finish as they misplaced to the Cleveland Guardians in recreation 5 of the American League Division Sequence.
A workforce that at one level of the season had lower than 1% probability to make the playoffs not solely made the playoffs, however they received a sequence.
The Tigers swept the American League West champion Houston Astros 2-0 within the wild-card sequence to advance to their first American League Division Sequence since 2014.
Though the Tigers’ season ended sooner than they’d have appreciated, their Supervisor AJ Hinch gave his opinion on his workforce’s season.
“I’m thrilled with what we completed this season and the way we represented Detroit and getting profitable baseball again in that group,” Hinch stated.
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Hinch was in a position to lead this Tigers squad to their first profitable season since 2016 and their first playoff look since 2014.
With a document of 86 wins and 76 losses, the Tigers squeaked into the playoffs because the third wild-card workforce within the American League.
Showing to be big underdogs towards the Astros, the Tigers shocked the workforce that went to the final 7 American League Championship Sequence.
Hinch does admit that he’s a bit of jealous to not be enjoying in New York on Tuesday, however he believes his workforce was all on this season.
The Tigers have a younger and proficient roster that has opened up some eyes within the baseball neighborhood this season.
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if this workforce can observe up their nice 2024 season with an analogous season in 2025.
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