Their 2024 season was barely over, and the Tigers were already thinking about 2025. Speaking in an end-of-season press conference Monday, Detroit's president of baseball operations Scott Harris joked that he used to try to talk to manager A.

*The annual AFL Fall Stars Game will be Nov. 9 at Sloan Park in Mesa. *The AFL Play-In Semifinal, between the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds, will be played Nov. 15 at Scottsdale Stadium, with the championship game held the next day at Salt River Fields.

The Astros have made eight consecutive playoff appearances, winning two World Series, four pennants and seven American League West titles during that span. Their international department has helped fuel that success by producing quality big league arms at bargain prices.