This feels like a pivotal offseason for the Tigers. They're fresh off of another early exit from the postseason and a year away from potentially losing Tarik Skubal to free agency. Maybe they become a perennial postseason contender again — they have gotten to October two years in a row now, which is certainly an improvement — but if they don't make some significant changes and/or additions, they might stay stuck as a guaranteed first- or second-round bounce in 2026. And then lose their ace.
Even with the impending doom that is Skubal's free agency, last offseason felt the same way.