Detroit Tigers remade their pitching staff at the 2025 MLB trade deadline, but "didn’t do anything this week to up their World Series odds."

This is a natural fallout from the Jhoan Durán trade. With Durán now occupying the closer's role, Robertson and Kerkering figure to lose the chance to get saves apart from in the random game if Durán is unavailable. Unless you're in a Saves+Holds league, that's not worth holding onto.

A ndrew Chafin, a left-handed relief pitcher now in his 12th MLB season, offered a quick jab upon learning of a trade from the Detroit Tigers to the Texas Rangers last July. "At least it's not California," Chafin said before leaving Detroit's clubhouse en route for Arlington. Chafin might regret that remark one year later.