The Detroit Tigers are going to give Brandon Inge a shot to earn the full-time 2nd base gig during spring training. Don’t be surprised, he deserves the chance. What will be surprising is if he actually wins the job. Placing Inge at 2nd base in a full-time capacity will trigger a domino-effect throughout the Tigers’ roster.
The key question, and an obvious one at that is: does plugging Inge in at 2nd base make the Tigers an overall better team?
Forecasting production from Brandon Inge shouldn’t be that difficult at this point. The best he’s ever hit in a season was .287, all the way back in 2004. As it turned out, that season was a major outlier in an otherwise disappointing career trend.
Inge’s lifetime batting average is just .235. Had he not figured out alternative methods to win over his manager and the fans of Detroit, he likely would have been ushered out of town years ago. Since 2006, Inge has hit .236, .205, .230, .247, and .197. Ouch.
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