The Detroit Tigers head into the offseason now with indisputable evidence that their rebuild is working after becoming the ...

Down the stretch of the season, the Tigers were able to make a magical run. Not only were they able to play their way back ...

The Tigers were 56-63 and 9 1/2 games behind the third wild-card spot at the time. It appeared baseball's longest postseason drought (tied with the Los Angeles Angels) would get a little longer.

After Aug. 10, the Tigers were buried eight games under .500 and 10 games back in the wild-card race, with a 0.2% chance to make the playoffs, according to Fangraphs. Less than 50 days later ...

Two Tigers who played their way into a bigger role next season, and one who should probably see more time in the minors.