A.J. Hinch guided the Detroit Tigers to the postseason in his fourth season, and now he's in the mix for the top award for American League managers.

The Detroit Tigers are heading into the offseason looking to improve and solidify that 2024 was no fluke and that they can sustain it. It was an incredible run to end the 2024 campaign, as the Tigers emerged as one of the best teams in baseball in the last couple of months of the season and made it all the way into the playoffs.

Sometimes things are just that obvious, and in the case of Detroit Tigers' left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal, it's obvious that he should win the 2024 AL Cy Young Award.

The low-payroll Detroit Tigers are prioritizing a right-handed hitter and a starting pitcher as their biggest needs in the 2024-25 offseason.

From being let go as part of the infamous Houston Astros scandal to leading the Detroit Tigers back to the playoffs for the first time in a decade, Hinch has led plenty of great baseball teams in his time.