The Detroit Tigers capped off their regular season with a loss to the Chicago White Sox.
The Tigers will face off against the Houston Astros in the first round of the MLB playoffs.
The 26-man roster is getting ready to head down to Texas on Tuesday. Before flying south, many of them found themselves here in West Michigan.
“They weren’t supposed to be there. And that’s probably the best thing: they’re just playing baseball,” West Michigan Whitecaps General Manager/Vice President Jim Jarecki said.
FOX 17 Jarecki has been watching some of the former Whitecaps players celebrate as the Tigers clinched a playoff spot.
“The Tigers of that team that nobody wants to face in the playoffs because they are just on a tear right now,” Jarecki added. “We always say, once a Whitecap. Always a Whitecap. But these are guys were just here two, three years ago.”
The Tigers roster currently has 15 former Whitecaps.
- Beau Brieske
- Jason Foley
- Jackson Jobe
- Brant Hurter
- Ty Madden
- Keider Montero
- Reese Olson
- Will Vest
- Jace Jung
- Colt Keith
- Spencer Torkelson
- Riley Greene
- Parker Meadows
- Wenceel Perez
- Tarik Skubal