After selling at the trade deadline this year, the Detroit Tigers enter the final week in possession of a playoff spot.
With six games left in the regular season, the Detroit Tigers are currently in possession of a playoff spot. It's been a remarkable turnaround for Detroit, who is now 82-74. They are tied with the Kansas City Royals for the second/third wild card spot, one game ahead of the Minnesota Twins and 2.0 ahead of the Seattle Mariners.the Tigers were 10 GB of a postseason spot thru 118 gamesNot only was Detroit that far out of a playoff spot, they also sold off pieces at the trade deadline.
The Tigers are off on Monday but will be back in action on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. First pitch from Comerica Park is set for 6:40 p.m. ET. For scoreboard watching purposes: The Royals take on the Washington Nationals, the Twins take on the Miami Marlins and the Mariners take on the Houston Astros.
The Tigers will finish out the season with a three-game series on the road at the woeful Chicago White Sox, giving them even more reason for optimism.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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