Detroit Tigers’ Unconventional Strategy Leaves Fans Wondering: What’s Their Secret to Success?

Compare that to the preseason predictions and you start to see how the mix-and-match is positively impacting the results. To start the season, the model projected the Tigers to finish with 84.4 wins, a 19.4% chance of winning the division and a 3.7% chance of winning the World Series.

If this approach somehow feels familiar, there’s a reason for that. Hinch’s mindset with the 2025 lineup is very similar to how he managed his pitching staff during Detroit’s magical run through September and into the 2024 postseason. Because of rotation injuries and other issues, the Tigers used, essentially, one “normal” starting pitcher – Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal – and then went with a bullpen game for every other contest. That unorthodox approach helped sweep the Houston Astros in an AL Wild Card Series and got them to a winner-take-all Game 5 of the Division Series versus the Cleveland Guardians with Skubal starting.

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