The Tigers were the easy favorite to dominate the mediocre AL Central. They added Prince Fielder to a team that won the division by fifteen games in 2011, forming a core of starts that also includes Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and Justin Verlander. Fielder has mashed since coming to the team, but not surprisingly the overall lineup has regressed (most notably Alex Avila and Jhonny Peralta), though the offense is still in the upper third of the American League. Their pitching is even better than last year's (2nd in the AL), so what's the difference? The big concern when the Tigers signed Fielder was that it would move Miguel Cabrera over to 3b, and the Tigers went from an average defensive team to one of the worst in baseball, according to UZR (note: not so much with DRS, which agrees that the Tigers D is not good but has the Rockies at a whopping -52 runs below average. Hooray defensive metrics!).
The White Sox (33-27) and Indigenous Peoples (32-27) aren't exactly ...
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PLAYERS:
Prince Fielder,
Miguel Cabrera,
Victor Martinez,
Justin Verlander,
Alex Avila,
Jhonny Peralta,
Max Scherzer,
Paul Maholm,
Curtis Granderson,
Austin Jackson,
Ian Kennedy,
Daniel Hudson,
Rick Porcello,
Matt Garza,
Travis Wood
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks
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