Detroit Tigers Teeter on Edge of Baseball's Biggest September Collapse
The Tigers went from a 33-17 start and near‑certain playoff odds to a 5-15 September slide that handed the AL Central to Cleveland. Seven straight losses and 11 defeats in 12 games have turned a division‑lead into a possible postseason miss. Historians are already comparing the slide to the 1995 Angels and 2011 Red Sox collapses.