The Detroit Tigers entered the offseason looking to find the move which would allow them to take the next step as an American League contender.

(Expected Weighted On-Base Average on Contact) is a measure from Statcast that considers a player’s offensive production only when they make contact, removing strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitches to assess the quality of batted balls, indicating how well a player should have performed on contact alone, not what they actually got.

These six players just missed the cut for the Free Press' All-125 team despite outsized roles in the 125-season history of the Detroit Tigers.

Around since 1901, the Detroit Tigers are one of the oldest and most decorated franchises in baseball history. Despite Miguel Cabrera and Tarik Skubal being the

Reliever Chase Lee posted a 4.10 ERA with nine walks and 36 strikeouts across 37⅓ innings in 32 games for the Detroit Tigers in the 2025 season.

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers traded right-handed reliever Chase Lee to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. The move clears a 40-man roster spot for the addition of veteran right-hander Kyle Finnegan, whose signing should be made official in the coming days. The Tigers will receive 24-year-old left-hander Johan Simon from the Blue Jays.

Jackson Jobe last pitched for the Detroit Tigers on May 28, then underwent surgery June 16 to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.

The Detroit Tigers have done a nice job so far this offseason, but they are still a move away.

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have signed right-handed pitcher and former San Francisco Giants prospect Cole Waites to a minor-league deal. The news was reported on Thursday by Ari Alexander of WHDH in Boston. Waites, 27, missed the entire 2024 season and much of 2025 after undergoing his second Tommy John surgery.