Tigers AL Central

81-81

Projected record

40%

Playoff odds

732 / 737

RS / RA projected

$170M

2026 payroll

Ten thousand simulated seasons. Marks: 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile win totals.

AAA: Toledo Mud Hens AA: Erie SeaWolves High-A: West Michigan Whitecaps Single-A: Lakeland Flying Tigers

Hitters

Player	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	K%	BB%	HIT+	NEXT+
Kevin McGonigle	565	13	12	0.283	0.384	0.424	13.8	13.8
Dillon Dingler	509	26	0	0.253	0.318	0.484	22.2	6.1	124.5	147.6
Spencer Torkelson	503	20	0	0.222	0.315	0.407	31.0	11.1	104.7	91.9
Riley Greene	492	16	3	0.273	0.366	0.450	27.0	12.4	127.5	120.1
Colt Keith	369	9	5	0.270	0.328	0.421	18.4	7.3	106.0	108.9
Zach McKinstry	355	4	1	0.222	0.307	0.328	15.5	10.4	78.7	99.1
Gleyber Torres	322	8	0	0.265	0.373	0.390	18.3	14.0	125.3	124.6
Matt Vierling	291	5	4	0.207	0.255	0.335	16.8	6.5	58.3	64.8
Kerry Carpenter	259	13	0	0.208	0.276	0.416	29.0	6.9	87.9	75.0
Hao-Yu Lee	234	7	1	0.276	0.318	0.433	22.6	6.0
Wenceel Pérez	175	7	3	0.180	0.246	0.348	16.6	8.0	60.8	58.3
James Outman	170	5	6	0.172	0.235	0.318	41.8	5.9	49.8	60.1
Javier Báez	148	2	1	0.255	0.284	0.355	18.2	2.7	77.2	91.6
Max Clark	82	1	0	0.250	0.305	0.382	22.0	6.1
Ben Malgeri	73	3	0	0.250	0.370	0.433	20.5	15.1
Eduardo Valencia	63	6	0	0.344	0.365	0.738	28.6	1.6
Parker Meadows	39	0	3	0.250	0.308	0.333	25.6	5.1

Pitchers

Player	BF	HR	K%	BB%	AVG	OPS	PITCH+
Framber Valdez	613	13	18.1	8.8	0.258	0.715	98.5
Keider Montero	535	14	16.6	5.6	0.209	0.604	116.4
Jack Flaherty	389	11	26.2	10.8	0.240	0.750	95.8
Troy Melton	355	10	21.4	7.9	0.191	0.596	116.2
Drew Anderson	348	13	26.1	8.6	0.241	0.730
Tyler Holton	251	8	19.1	5.6	0.267	0.742	97.5
Kyle Finnegan	226	8	17.7	13.7	0.259	0.805	87.6
Enmanuel De Jesus	178	3	21.9	8.4	0.239	0.671
Ty Madden	151	3	24.5	7.9	0.188	0.555
Kenley Jansen	144	7	27.8	13.9	0.180	0.661	106.7
Will Vest	116	2	23.3	8.6	0.275	0.730	97.6
Drew Sommers	109	2	38.5	10.1	0.229	0.627	109.7
Jacob Waguespack	107	5	15.0	8.4	0.149	0.537
Brant Hurter	101	1	17.8	11.9	0.174	0.547	119.8
Brenan Hanifee	93	5	10.8	7.5	0.286	0.860	83.9
Burch Smith	73	2	27.4	9.6	0.277	0.809
Jackson Jobe	61	2	18.0	8.2	0.264	0.795	88.1
Ricky Vanasco	40	2	10.0	15.0	0.412	1.206
Beau Brieske	39	3	20.5	10.3	0.257	0.848

Payroll

Player	Pos	Terms	2026 salary	Value
Javier Báez	ss-cf	6 y/$140M (22-27)	$24,000,000	$-23.4M
Framber Valdez	lhp-s	3 y/$115M (26-28)*	$22,826,679	$-0.0M
Gleyber Torres	2b	1 y/$22.025M (26)	$22,025,000	$-11.8M
Jack Flaherty	rhp-s	2 y/$35M (25-26)	$20,000,000	$-3.9M
Kenley Jansen	rhp-c	1 y/$11M (26)+27 cl opt	$9,000,000	$-6.4M
Kyle Finnegan	rhp	2 y/$19M (26-27)+28 m opt	$8,750,000	$-6.7M
Justin Verlander	rhp-s	1 y/$13M (26)*	$7,859,347	+$4.5M
Drew Anderson	rhp	1 y/$7M (26)+27 cl opt	$7,000,000
Riley Greene	lf	1 y/$5M (26)	$5,000,000	+$16.1M
Colt Keith	1b-dh	6 y/$28,642,500 (24-29)+opts	$4,333,333	+$9.8M
Zach McKinstry	2b	1 y/$4.2M (26)	$4,200,000	$-1.1M
Spencer Torkelson	1b	1 y/$4.075M (26)	$4,075,000	+$7.1M
Will Vest	rhp	1 y/$3.95M (26)	$3,950,000	$-0.3M
Kerry Carpenter	rf	1 y/$3.275M (26)	$3,275,000	+$3.9M
Matt Vierling	rf	1 y/$3.255M (26)	$3,255,000	+$2.8M
Tyler Holton	lhp	1 y/$1.575M (26)	$1,575,000	+$4.3M
Enmanuel De Jesus	lhp	1 y/$1.3M (26)	$1,300,000
Burch Smith	rhp	1 y (26)	$1,275,401
Beau Brieske	rhp	1 y/$1,157,500 (26)	$1,157,500	+$0.7M
Dillon Dingler	c	1 y/$834,900 (26)	$834,900	+$26.6M
Reese Olson	rhp-s	1 y/$818,100 (26)	$818,100	+$16.0M
Parker Meadows	cf	1 y/$805,300 (26)	$805,300	+$2.3M
Brant Hurter	lhp	1 y/$796,200 (26)	$796,200	+$3.0M
Trey Sweeney	ss	1 y/$788,700 (26)	$788,700
Troy Melton	rhp	1 y/$785,500 (26)	$785,500	+$6.0M
Jackson Jobe	rhp-s	1 y/$784,300 (26)	$784,300	+$6.5M
Bailey Horn	lhp	1 y/$784,100 (26)	$784,100	+$0.2M
Kevin McGonigle	ss-3b	1 y/$780,000 (26) 8 y/$150 (27-34)	$780,000
Wenceel Pérez	cf	1 y (26)	$764,523	+$2.7M
Keider Montero	rhp	1 y (26)	$763,694	+$4.9M

Season to date through August 23, 2026, players with 30 plate appearances or batters faced for the club. Payroll figures are public estimates from Cot's Baseball Contracts. Click a column to sort; click a name for the career page.