The Detroit Tigers’ outstanding Cinderella season got here to an finish as they misplaced to the Cleveland Guardians in recreation 5 of the American League Division Collection.
A group that at one level of the season had lower than 1% probability to make the playoffs not solely made the playoffs, however they gained 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 Collection since 2014.
Regardless that the Tigers’ season ended sooner than they might have appreciated, their Supervisor AJ Hinch gave his opinion on his group’s season.
“I’m thrilled with what we accomplished this season and how we represented Detroit and getting winning baseball back in that organization,” Hinch mentioned.
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Hinch was in a position to lead this Tigers squad to their first successful 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 group within the American League.
Showing to be large underdogs in opposition to the Astros, the Tigers shocked the group that went to the final 7 American League Championship Collection.
Hinch does admit that he’s a bit of jealous to not be enjoying in New York on Tuesday, however he believes his group was all on this season.
The Tigers have a younger and proficient roster that has opened up some eyes within the baseball group this season.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if this group can comply with up their nice 2024 season with an analogous season in 2025.
