Surging Tigers yearn for more playoff glory

Last season the Detroit Tigers shocked the MLB world when they made their first playoff appearance in 11 years.

- Dave Wiggins

The Tigers finished with a 86-76 record, breaking a string of eight straight losing seasons.

One would think the Detroit ball-club would be brimming with confidence and revel in complacency may have set in as a result of their newfound success.

Well, one could also be wrong. You won't find any big heads in the Tigers clubhouse, says one pitcher.

"No way," says Tigers' ace pitcher Tarik Skubal, the 2024 American League Cy Young Award winner. "It's like CJ [Hinch, Tigers manager and World Series winner, the former skipper of the Houston Astros] always tells us: Once you've been to the prom, well son, you want more of it."

"You're never satisfied unless you go there again," says Tarik after capping a win that saw age him go 16-1 in the win-loss column while racking up a minuscule 2.80 Earned Run Average.