After sweeping the Colorado Rockies and losing two of three games against the Rangers, the Tigers are holding strong in the latest power rankings.

ESPN MLB experts David Schoenfield, Buster Olney, and Alden Gonzalez listed the Tigers third in their weekly power rankings Thursday morning. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (28-15) and New York Mets (28-16) rank higher, and the Tigers at least jumped from No. 5 to No. 3.

I’ve been writing these Power Rankings for a couple of years now, and I can say with considerable certainty: The Tigers have never been as high as No. 3. Until their loss on Sunday against Texas, Detroit had a .

The Tigers’ overall run differential is plus-83, which leads MLB by a large margin. The Yankees are second at plus-61, followed by the Mets (plus-59), Cubs (plus-58) and Dodgers (plus-51).

The Detroit Tigers came into the 2025 MLB regular season knowing they had to improve, one way or another, offensively.

The sixth edition of Newsweek Sports' MLB Power Rankings features a new No. 1 team and a surging American League contender.

Winning their seventh game in a row against the Tigers on Tuesday, the Timberwolves jump into the No. 1 spot of this week’s Bay State Conference softball power rankings. Winners of two in a row against Newton North and Weymouth, Wellesley jumps up to the second spot.

Javier Baez hit his second go-ahead, three-run home run in the 11th inning for his first multi-homer game in Detroit, lifting the Tigers to a 10-9 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.