“Stay disciplined to run the long race”- Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch sends out a strong message to MLB teams

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 1, 2025, 23:18 IST

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The Detroit Tigers are dominating the American League Central Division in the 2025 MLB season, exceeding expectations. After a recent victory over the Houston Astros, coach A.J. Hinch expressed confidence in his team's disciplined approach for the long season.

“Stay disciplined to run the long race”- Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch sends out a strong message to MLB teams (Image Source: Getty Images)

Every MLB season comes with its own set of on-field drama, heated moments, and heartbreaks that come along with injuries and extended rehab tenure, but an unexpected team leading a division is a rare sight. The Detroit Tigers have been making waves in the MLB world during the 2025 season with their dominance over the American League Central Division-—something that was expected during the ongoing MLB season. Detroit Tigers’ coach A.J. Hinch sends out a clear and strong message to other MLB teams with their newly achieved feat.

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During the post-game interview, Detroit Tigers’ coach A.J. Hinch gave a sneak peek into his confident mindset for the upcoming games and even sent out a clear message to the other MLB teams with respect to the 2025 World Series Championship Title. After defeating the Houston Astros with a 3-point score deficit, the Tigers are currently leading the Central division table. A. J. Hinch said-
“I have a heartbroken team for all the right reasons. We’re going to stay disciplined to run the long race.”
While talking about the approach of the Tigers, Hinch even said-

“It's good we keep winning series, which is really key. If I'm going to look at the season as a whole, I try to break them up into as many small increments as I can, and this series, you know, we did a lot of things well, like these guys are really doing things that are helping us win, and you know, it's one thing to win a series, and then we finished it off.”

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The Detroit Tigers’ coach further elaborated-
“I know we've had a couple of opportunities like this and fallen short, and today we didn't with a really complete game, and so I like the fact that we're going to start over tomorrow, you know. We're not going to carry too much into tomorrow; we're getting on a plane, we're going to play a brand new team, and we need to prepare for them.”
After winning back-to-back games during the ongoing MLB season, the Detroit Tigers even went on to sweep off the Houston Astros with an overall score of 7-4, which has helped them to earn the top position in the American League Central Division, followed by the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago White Sox.
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