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With a Superstar like this, you may ask how it was possible not to win a World Series during his playing career. Well, the first reason is budget difficulties. Like in real life, Chris Illitch limits how much he invests in the team, and thus the Tigers never had a budget in the top half of MLB during Preciado's career.
Another limiting factor was the fact the Tigers were rarely able to keep other stars to pair with him in the lineup. There were very good players like OF Juan Parra (2027 to mid-2032, 758G, 110 HRs, 118 OPS+, 21.1 WAR), 2B/3B Frank Contreras (2032 to 2037, 910 G, 206 HRs, 140 OPS+, 27.7 WAR) and 2B Edgar Flores (2034 to 2040, 893 G, 160 HRs, 126 OPS+, 20.2 WAR). However, Preciado's 12 year/320 million dollar contract and contracts allocated to pitchers made it difficult to retain those stars, and to present a consistent core of hitters from year to year. Drafting generally low in the first round during that stretch, never falling below .500, made it harder to find superstars through the draft, and apart from the mentionned Contreras and Flores, most of the International Amateur Free Agent signings struggled to make a real impact.
Due to these facts, it meant the Tigers had to find a balance between building and competing, and unfortunately were never able to make it to the top. It didn't help that they had to face a dynasty from the Washington Nationals, who won three titles in that stretch, the Baltimore Orioles who won twice, and the Oakland A's who only won once but made the World Series 3 times and were the Tigers's biggest rival in the AL for most of that stretch from 2028 to 2042.
Still, the Tigers managed to make the World Series four times themselves, but were beaten in 2029 by the Mets, in 2034 by the Braves, in 2036 by the Nationals and in 2040 by the Padres.
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