In 2025, Detroit Tigers reliever Luke Jackson has posted a 4.11 ERA with 19 walks and 24 strikeouts across 35 innings in 39 games for the Texas Rangers.

The Detroit Tigers have been the first in baseball to 30, 40, 50 and 60 wins in 2025. Maybe they should let someone else take the lead for a while?

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In T he Athletic’s new midseason prospect rankings, analyst Keith Law placed Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark at No. 1 and No. 2 overall—making Detroit the only team with the top two prospects in all of baseball. For a franchise that’s been building from within and banking on young talent, this is the kind of validation that matters.

Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The moves have already started, as the Mariners recently acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies.

They can run from Thursday's Trade Deadline, but they cannot hide. It’s on the TV, it’s in their phones, it’s in the clubhouse air.

In his MLB debut, Detroit Detroit Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed 6 runs on seven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts across 5 innings.

Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday (July 31), meaning that teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The Mariners made the first notable transaction of the mad season on Thursday night,