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	555	13	12	0.282	0.384	0.424	14.1	13.9
Dillon Dingler	500	26	0	0.255	0.319	0.490	22.2	6.2	124.5	147.6
Spencer Torkelson	496	20	0	0.224	0.313	0.411	31.0	10.7	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	363	9	5	0.270	0.325	0.420	18.5	6.9	106.0	108.9
Zach McKinstry	349	4	1	0.222	0.306	0.327	15.5	10.3	78.7	99.1
Gleyber Torres	312	8	0	0.271	0.381	0.401	18.6	14.4	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	227	6	1	0.276	0.319	0.424	23.3	6.2
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	144	2	1	0.255	0.285	0.350	18.1	2.8	77.2	91.6
Max Clark	75	1	0	0.271	0.320	0.414	22.7	5.3
Ben Malgeri	71	3	0	0.254	0.366	0.441	21.1	14.1
Eduardo Valencia	61	6	0	0.356	0.377	0.763	27.9	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	98.6
Keider Montero	535	14	16.6	5.6	0.209	0.604	119.6
Jack Flaherty	389	11	26.2	10.8	0.240	0.750	96.0
Troy Melton	329	8	22.2	7.6	0.189	0.578	122.7
Drew Anderson	327	11	26.6	8.9	0.241	0.719
Tyler Holton	246	7	19.1	5.7	0.264	0.728	99.2
Kyle Finnegan	226	8	17.7	13.7	0.259	0.805	89.0
Enmanuel De Jesus	177	3	22.0	8.5	0.241	0.675
Ty Madden	146	3	25.3	8.2	0.180	0.532
Kenley Jansen	144	7	27.8	13.9	0.180	0.661	107.2
Will Vest	116	2	23.3	8.6	0.275	0.730	97.7
Jacob Waguespack	107	5	15.0	8.4	0.149	0.537
Drew Sommers	103	2	36.9	10.7	0.244	0.667	104.7
Brant Hurter	101	1	17.8	11.9	0.174	0.547	124.7
Brenan Hanifee	93	5	10.8	7.5	0.286	0.860	86.2
Burch Smith	73	2	27.4	9.6	0.277	0.809
Jackson Jobe	61	2	18.0	8.2	0.264	0.795	89.4
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 20, 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.