The Detroit Tigers received a "B" as an overall grade from Evan Petzold for the 2025 season, but what about hitting, pitching, defense and coaching?

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/tigers as The Revolving Door at Short-Stop: Detroit Tigers' 2025 Season Review.

Serwa has struggled with strike-throwing and walking batters in the past and gets a bit rattled when behind in counts, but he continues to compete and grind. He pitches to contact more so than he gets swing-and-miss, inducing ground balls and soft contact for outs.

Iapoce, 52, joined the Tigers’ major-league staff in 2024 after managing Triple-A Toledo in 2023. He previously served as the Boston Red Sox’s senior hitting coordinator in 2022 and spent six seasons as a big-league hitting coach with the Chicago Cubs (2019–21) and Texas Rangers (2016–18).

Outfielder Akil Baddoo — a breakout rookie turned one-hit wonder — became a free agent after spending the past five seasons with the Detroit Tigers.

The Whitecaps received the recognition from Minor League Baseball over the roster of Double-A and Triple-A franchises, which “further demonstrates that West Michigan remains a premier sports market and the Whitecaps organization outperforms their level of play in so many ways,” according to an Oct. 6 announcement from the league.

Scott Harris, President of Baseball Operations for the Tigers and AJ Hinch, manager of the big-league club, addressed some of the things the team did well the first five months of the season that changed toward the end of the season and what the organization plans to do to make sure to improve next season.

Anthony Iapoce joined the Detroit Tigers' organization in 2023, serving as the Triple-A manager in 2023 and the Tigers' first-base coach from 2024-25.