The Detroit Tigers have been the best team in baseball, but these last 11 games have been a different story. After just getting swept by the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates on the road and dropping the first game of the home series to the Toronto Blue Jays,

The Detroit Tigers have been flexed to Apple TV’s “Friday Night Baseball” in a late-season matchup against the Boston Red Sox.

Losing 10 of its past 11 games, Detroit now has the third-best record in the American League at 60-44. Toronto has the league's best mark 61-42, a half game ahead of the 60-42 Houston Astros. The Tigers have the sixth-best record in MLB with both the Milwaukee Brewers (61-41) and Los Angeles Dodgers 60-43) ahead of them, as well.

DETROIT -- Reese Olson cruised through five shutout innings, then unraveled in the sixth as the Detroit Tigers’ losing skid continued in their return to Comerica Park. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tigers 11-4 in the opener of a four-game series on Thursday night, the Tigers’ first home game since the All-Star break.

In T he Athletic’s new midseason prospect rankings, analyst Keith Law placed Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark at No. 1 and No. 2 overall—making Detroit the only team with the top two prospects in all of baseball. For a franchise that’s been building from within and banking on young talent, this is the kind of validation that matters.

The 13,000-square-foot, members-only space is below the premium, climate-controlled seating are behind home plate.

The Tigers led the AL Central by seven games on Sept. 6, 2009, and proceeded to finish the year 11-15 while the Twins won 18 of 26. That forced a Game 163, where the Tigers appropriately blew a 10th-inning lead to ultimately lose in 12.

Is Tarik Skubal one of the three best players in baseball? If you asked Jon Heyman, he would say yes. After another stellar outing yesterday against the Texas Rangers, Heyman took to X this morning to heap praise on to the Tigers’ lefty.