After trading David Price, Joakim Soria and Yoenis Cespedes (in that order no less!), the Detroit Tigers are seem to have an eye on the future. The team will still be ultra-aggressive in winning in the short-term, but the trades…
The architect who brought the Detroit Tigers back to baseball relevancy is no longer with the team. The Tigers announced the move just this afternoon. The announcement also revealed Dombrowski’s successor: longtime-Tigers executive/ Dombrowski’s right-hand man Al Avila. The announcement…
Here’s Jose Iglesias flashing the leather at the All-Star Game. .@JoseIglesias_SS put his defense on display at the #ASG. WATCH: http://t.co/jLZz7L0I8Vpic.twitter.com/05e4UhGuHp — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 15, 2015 Not to be outdone, J.D. Martinez made a highlight-reel defensive play against…
The Detroit Tigers earned a vital win on Friday to break out of a slump, but they may have sustained a potentially crippling injury. The key word here is “crippling,” because while Miguel Cabrera’s likely six-week absence might be detrimental…
Three The number of this and runs scored by Tigers leftfielder Yoenis Cespedes. After J.D. and Victor Martinez went off at the plate, it was Cespedes’ turn against Cleveland. The outfielder also scored twice while registering zero strikeouts. 1 The…
Rejoice! The stats are back. After a short hiatus, these kind of pieces are back to stay at Know Hitter. Here’s three stats from Detroit’s triumphant 12-4 victory against the Yankees. Three The number of home runs by J.D. Martinez.…
Eight The number of hits by the four-five-six hitters in the Tigers lineup. Both Yoenis Cespedes and Tyler Collins had three hits while J.D. Martinez had two hits. The trio drove in all six of Detroit’s runs. Seven The number…
151 The number of pitches seen by the Tigers, significantly more than the 124 seen by Anaheim. Despite this and going through five Angels pitchers, Detroit wasn’t able to scratch out more than two hits. Four The number of runs…
Seven The number of runs allowed by Tigers starter Shane Greene in 1.2 innings pitched. Greene also gave up six hits, walked one and struck out one. Five In addition to the seven runs on six hits in 1.2 innings…
Seven The total number of baserunners by the Tigers. The team had six hits and a walk. Jose Iglesias and Miguel Cabrera each reached base twice with Iglesias notching two hits while Cabrera had a hit and a walk. Zero…