McKinstry walks off third at the end of the top of the ninth inning
The Total Disaster that is the end of the 2025 MLB season for the Detroit Tigers continues. As the Cleveland Guardians continue to attempt to catch the Tigers, The Tigers keep on losing. The polar opposite of what the entire season so far has been.
The Tigers, once 24 games over .500 and held the best record in baseball for four months, who have owned the top spot in the Central Division alone since April 23 with a 10-game cushion as recently as Sept. 4, now go into Cleveland for three games starting Tuesday with the lead down to one game.
The Tigers, who have lost nine of their last 10 and finished their final homestand of the regular season with an incomprehensible seven straight losses, kept their skinny lead in the division after the Minnesota Twins snapped the Guardians’ 10-game winning streak Sunday.
The Tigers offense once again was a total disaster for our area. Nobody has ever seen such a red hot team turn into a total disaster so quickly. Its rare that such a thing happens, so hopefully they can turn it around and have success.
“The opportunity is still in front of us,” said Casey Mize, who soldiered through a solid 5.2 innings, allowing three runs. “As bad as it’s been. We’re facing two tough series (at Cleveland and Boston), but it’s still in front of us. We have to go in expecting to win the game and compete hard like we always do.
“We can flip a switch and make it happen.”
After Saturday’s loss, the Tigers’ fifth straight, their eighth in the last nine games, and their 17th in the last 24, manager AJ Hinch struggled to find the words to describe what’s happening.
“It’s difficult to explain,” he said.
Charlie Morton Was Cut
The Tigers let go their star acquisition of the trade deadline after he was a total disaster too.
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The Tigers announced this morning that they’ve designated right-hander Charlie Morton for assignment. Right-hander Tanner Rainey had his contract selected to replace Morton on the 40-man and active rosters.
This surely isn’t the ending that either Morton or the Tigers were hoping for when Detroit acquired from the Orioles on the day of the trade deadline. Even then, however, Morton was in the midst of an up-and-down season. His first five starts with Baltimore saw him get torched to a 10.89 ERA as he walked 13.9% of his opponents. That led him to be demoted to the bullpen before the end of April, and he spent roughly a month in a multi-inning relief role before injuries in the rotation created an opening for the righty to start again.
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