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The Detroit Tigers received a "B" as an overall grade from Evan Petzold for the 2025 season, but what about hitting, pitching, defense and coaching?
This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/tigers as The Revolving Door at Short-Stop: Detroit Tigers' 2025 Season Review.
Iapoce, 52, joined the Tigers’ major-league staff in 2024 after managing Triple-A Toledo in 2023. He previously served as the Boston Red Sox’s senior hitting coordinator in 2022 and spent six seasons as a big-league hitting coach with the Chicago Cubs (2019–21) and Texas Rangers (2016–18).
Two players from the Detroit Tigers were honored for their performance on offense in the 2025 season, but one name is more surprising than the other.
The Detroit Tigers had one goal set for this season and it was to get to the World Series. At the start it seemed like they were going to pull that off.
Serwa has struggled with strike-throwing and walking batters in the past and gets a bit rattled when behind in counts, but he continues to compete and grind. He pitches to contact more so than he gets swing-and-miss, inducing ground balls and soft contact for outs.
Troy Melton logged a 2.76 ERA with 15 walks and 36 strikeouts across 45⅔ innings in 16 games (four starts) for the Detroit Tigers in the 2025 season.
The Detroit Tigers had another disappointing end to the season as they dropped the American League Divisional Series in a game-five winner-take-all matchup for
Rookie starter Jackson Jobe was lost for the season early and underwent Tommy John surgery. Reese Olson only made two starts after the All-Star break. Key relievers from 2024 – Foley, Madden, Beau Brieske and Sean Guenther – missed all or most of the season.
Outfielder Akil Baddoo — a breakout rookie turned one-hit wonder — became a free agent after spending the past five seasons with the Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit Tigers head into the offseason as one of the main topics across Major League Baseball for a few different reasons. For one, they are a young and asc