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2026 Detroit Tigers season

The 2026 Detroit Tigers season is the team's 126th season and its 27th at Comerica Park. This is the Tigers' sixth season under manager A. J. Hinch.

Roster moves

Trades

Releases

  • On October 14, 2025, minor league catcher Tomás Nido and minor league outfielder Akil Badoo refused their minor league assignment and elected free agency. Nido resigned to a minor league contract on October 30. Badoo signed a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on December 11.
  • On November 2, 2025, pitchers Alex Cobb, Kyle Finnegan, Tommy Kahnle, Rafael Montero and Chris Paddack along with infielder Gleyber Torres elected free agency. On November 18, Torres accepted the $22.025 million qualifying offer to remain with the Tigers in 2026. On December 20, Finnegan resigned with the Tigers. On February 12, 2026, Paddack signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. On February 13, 2026, Montero signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees. On March 18, 2026, Kahnle signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox.
  • On November 4, 2025, the Tigers declined the option for minor league pitcher Randy Dobnak making him a free agent. On November 11,he signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners.
  • On November 6, 2025, the Tigers declined options on pitchers Paul Sewald, José Urquidy, making them free agents. On February 11, 2026, Urquidy signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. On February 13, 2026, Sewald signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  • On November 6, 2025, minor league infielder Kevin Newman elected free agency. He signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals on December 16, 2025.
  • On November 12, 2025, the Tigers designated pitcher Alex Lange for assignment. The Tigers released Lange on November 18 and he signed a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals two days later.
  • On November 18, 2025, the Tigers designated the following pitchers for assignment: Jason Foley, Sean Guenther, Tanner Rainey, and Tyler Mattison along with recently acquired pitchers Dugan Darnell and Jack Little. They were all non-tendered on November 21 and became free agents. The Tigers resigned Rainey to a minor league contract on November 26. The San Francisco Giants signed Foley to a one-year contract on December 16. The Tigers resigned Darnell, Guenther Mattison and Little to minor league contracts in December, 2026.
  • On November 21, 2025, the Tigers did not tender a contract to infielder Andy Ibanez, making him a free agent. He signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 13.
  • On December 20, 2025, the Tigers designate outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy for assignment. He was traded to the Rays on January 6.
  • On March 21, 2026, the Tigers released minor league outfielder Austin Slater after he failed to make the opening day roster. He signed a one-year contract with the Miami Marlins on March 24.
  • On March 25, 2026, the Tigers designated pitcher Dylan Smith for assignment.

Signings

  • On November 6, 2025, the Tigers claimed pitcher Jack Little off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Little was designated for assignment on November 18 and released three days later.
  • On November 12, 2025, the Tigers claimed pitcher Dugan Darnell off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Darnell was designated for assignment on November 18 and released three days later.
  • On November 18, 2025, the Tigers selected the contracts of pitcher Jake Miller, catchers Eduardo Valencia and Thayron Liranzo, infielder Hao-Yu Lee and outfielder Trei Cruz to protect them from the Rule 5 draft.
  • On December 16, 2025, the Tigers signed pitchers Enmanuel De Jesus and Cole Waites and resigned pitchers Sean Guenther and Jack Little to minor league contracts.
  • On December 16, 2025, the Tigers signed pitcher Drew Anderson to a one-year $7 million contract with a club option for 2027.
  • On December 17, 2025, the Tigers signed pitcher Kenley Jansen to a one-year $9 million contract with a $2 million buyout on a club option for 2027.
  • On December 17, 2025, the Tigers signed pitcher Scott Effross to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
  • On December 20, 2025, the Tigers signed pitcher Kyle Finnegan to a two-year $16.75 million contract with a mutual option for 2028.
  • On January 6, 2026, the Tigers agreed on 1-year contracts to avoid arbitration with seven players: pitcher Casey Mize ($6.15 million), outfielder Riley Greene ($5 million), utility player Zach McKinstry ($4.2 million), first baseman Spencer Torkelson ($4.075 million), pitcher Will Vest ($3.95 million), outfielder Kerry Carpenter ($3.275 million) and pitcher Tyler Holton ($1.575 million).
  • On January 16, 2026, the Tigers signed outfielder Corey Julks to a minor league contract with an invitation lo spring training.
  • On February 7, 2026, the Tigers signed pitcher Konnor Pilkington to a minor league contract with an invitation lo spring training.
  • On February 10, 2026, the Tigers signed pitcher Framber Valdez to a three-year, $115 million contract. The deal includes a $20 million signing bonus, an opt-out for the 2028 season, and an unspecified amount of deferred money.
  • On February 10, 2026, Justin Verlander signed a one-year, $13 million contract to return to the Tigers. The deal includes $2 million for the 2026 season, with the rest deferred.
  • On February 12, 2026, the Tigers signed outfielder Austin Slater to a minor league contract with an invitation lo spring training. He was released on March 21, 2026.
  • On February 21, 2026, the Tigers signed pitcher Colin Poche to a minor league contract with an invitation lo spring training.
  • On March 10, 2026, the Tigers selected the contract of Enmanuel De Jesus and added him to the 40-man roster. He had signed a minor league contract in December.
  • On March 24, 2026, the Tigers signed pitcher Connor Seabold to a split contract that would earn $800K at the major league level.
  • On March 25, 2026, the Tigers selected the contract of infielder Kevin McGonigle, a first round draft pick in the 2023 MLB draft.

Season accomplishments

  • On March 26, Kevin McGonigle had four hits, becoming the first Tiger since Billy Bean in 1987 to have four hits in his MLB debut. He is the sixth major leaguer since 1900 to have at least four hits in an Opening Day debut.

Season standings

American League Central

American League Wildcard

Record against opponents

Game log

Regular season

|-style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || March 26 || @ Padres || 8–2 || Skubal (1–0) || Pivetta (0–1) || — || 45,673 || 1–0 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || March 27 || @ Padres || 5–2 || De Jesus (1–0) || Estrada (0–1) || Jansen (1) || 44,896 || 2–0 || W2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || March 28 || @ Padres || 0–3 || Vásquez (1–0) || Flaherty (0–1) || Miller (1) || 44,368 || 2–1 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || March 30 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–9 || Soroka (1–0) || Verlander (0–1) || Sewald (1) || 48,350 || 2–2 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || March 31 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–7 || Hoffmann (1–0) || Vest (0–1) || Sewald (2) || 28,780 || 2–3 || L3 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 1 || @ Diamondbacks || 0–1 || Gallen (1–1) || Skubal (1–1) || Loáisiga (1) || 23,166 || 3–3 || W1 |-style="background:#;" | 7 || April 3 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 8 || April 4 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 9 || April 5 || Cardinals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 10 || April 6 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 11 || April 7 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 12 || April 8 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 13 || April 9 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 14 || April 10 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 15 || April 11 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 16 || April 12 || Marlins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 17 || April 14 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 18 || April 15 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 19 || April 16 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 20 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 21 || April 18 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 22 || April 19 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 23 || April 20 || @ Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 24 || April 21 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 25 || April 22 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 26 || April 23 || Brewers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 27 || April 24 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 28 || April 25 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 29 || April 26 || @ Reds || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 30 || April 28 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 31 || April 29 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 32 || April 30 || @ Braves || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|-style="background:#;" | 33 || May 1 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 34 || May 2 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 35 || May 3 || Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 36 || May 4 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 37 || May 5 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 38 || May 6 || Red Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 39 || May 8 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 40 || May 9 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 41 || May 10 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 42 || May 12 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 43 || May 13 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 44 || May 14 || @ Mets || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 45 || May 15 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 46 || May 16 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 47 || May 17 || Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 48 || May 18 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 49 || May 19 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 50 || May 20 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 51 || May 21 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 52 || May 22 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 53 || May 23 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 54 || May 24 || @ Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 55 || May 26 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 56 || May 27 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 57 || May 28 || Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 58 || May 29 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 59 || May 30 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 60 || May 31 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|-style="background:#;" | 61 || June 1 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 62 || June 2 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 63 || June 3 || @ Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 64 || June 5 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 65 || June 6 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 66 || June 7 || Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 67 || June 9 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 68 || June 10 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 69 || June 11 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 70 || June 12 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 71 || June 13 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 72 || June 14 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 73 || June 15 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 74 || June 16 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 75 || June 17 || @ Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 76 || June 19 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 77 || June 20 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 78 || June 21 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 79 || June 22 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 80 || June 23 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 81 || June 24 || Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 82 || June 25 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 83 || June 26 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 84 || June 27 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 85 || June 28 || Astros || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 86 || June 29 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 87 || June 30 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|-style="background:#;" | 88 || July 1 || @ Yankees || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 89 || July 2 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 90 || July 4 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 91 || July 5 || @ Rangers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 92 || July 7 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 93 || July 8 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 94 || July 9 || Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 95 || July 10 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 96 || July 11 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 97 || July 12 || Phillies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | colspan="10" | 96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA |-style="background:#;" | 98 || July 17 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 99 || July 18 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 100 || July 19 || @ Angels || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 101 || July 20 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 102 || July 21 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 103 || July 22 || @ Cubs || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 104 || July 23 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 105 || July 24 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 106 || July 25 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 107 || July 26 || Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 108 || July 27 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 109 || July 28 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 110 || July 29 || Orioles || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 111 || July 31 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|-style="background:#;" | 112 || August 1 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 113 || August 2 || @ Athletics || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 114 || August 4 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 115 || August 5 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 116 || August 6 || @ Mariners || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 117 || August 7 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 118 || August 8 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 119 || August 9 || @ Giants || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 120 || August 11 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 121 || August 12 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 122 || August 13 || Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 123 || August 14 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 124 || August 15 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 125 || August 16 || White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 126 || August 17 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 127 || August 18 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 128 || August 19 || @ Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 129 || August 21 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 130 || August 22 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 131 || August 23 || @ Royals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 132 || August 24 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 133 || August 25 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 134 || August 26 || Rays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 135 || August 28 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 136 || August 29 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 137 || August 30 || Dodgers || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 138 || August 31 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|-style="background:#;" | 139 || September 1 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 140 || September 2 || @ Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 141 || September 4 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 142 || September 5 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 143 || September 6 || @ Guardians || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 144 || September 7 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 145 || September 8 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 146 || September 9 || Twins || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 147 || September 11 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 148 || September 12 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 149 || September 13 || Rockies || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 150 || September 14 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 151 || September 15 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 152 || September 16 || @ Blue Jays || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 153 || September 17 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 154 || September 18 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 155 || September 19 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 156 || September 20 || @ White Sox || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 157 || September 21 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 158 || September 22 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 159 || September 23 || Nationals || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 160 || September 25 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 161 || September 26 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-style="background:#;" | 162 || September 27 || Pirates || — || (—) || (—) || — || || — || |-

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Postponement&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Bold = Tigers team member

Current roster

Farm system

References

External links