The offseason isn't over yet, but if Bleacher Report’s projected 2026 Detroit Tigers Opening Day lineup is even close to accurate… Scott Harris and Chris Ilitch should be embarrassed. Mortified, even.
This isn’t a vision of a team that just added the final touches to a contender. This is a lineup that looks like the Tigers basically shrugged, said “good enough,” and hoped Tarik Skubal can throw a complete game every fifth day.
Here’s Detroit's projected lineup, per Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter:
- 3B Colt Keith
- 2B Gleyber Torres
- DH Kerry Carpenter
- LF Riley Greene
- 1B Spencer Torkelson
- RF Wenceel Pérez
- C Dillon Dingler
- SS Javier Báez
- CF Parker Meadows
Reuter even tried to spin it nicely — “solid lineup without any glaring holes.