2018 Remarkable! Season Preview – Detroit Tigers

by | Mar 7, 2018 | Baseball

 

2017 Record: 64-98 (5th in AL Central)

Detroit parted ways with Justin Verlander last season to bolster the farm system and start reloading for future success. Miguel Cabrera leads the way for the offense while Michael Fulmer with be the ace on the mound. Here’s our Remarkable! season preview.

 

Starting Pitchers

 

Michael Fulmer
  • He allowed a BABIP of .205 against the heart of the order in 2017 — 3rd best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .305.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .350 (216 Total Bases / 617 ABs) in 2017 — 14th among SPs in MLB; League Avg: .440.
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .058 (10/172) against Michael Fulmer on inside fastballs in 2017 — best among SPs in MLB; League Avg: .152.

 

Jordan Zimmerman
  • Division opponents hit .339 against Jordan Zimmermann (84-for-248) this season — 5th worst among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .259.
  • He had a first-pitch strike rate of 67.5% (481/713) in 2017 — 4th highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 60.7%.
  • Opponents hit .451 against Jordan Zimmermann (41-for-91) on the first pitch of at-bats in 2017 — 5th worst among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .349.

 

Francisco Liriano
  • As a starter, he walked 42 of 312 right-handed batters (13.5%) in the 2017 season — worst among non-qualified starters in MLB; League Avg: 7.6%.
  • He allowed an OPS of .878 (339 PAs) against right-handed batters in the 2017 season — 4th worst among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .768.

  • He threw his slider 29.8% of the time (406/1364) vs right-handed batters in the 2017 season — 6th highest among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 16.1%.

 

Daniel Norris
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .780 (71 Total Bases / 91 ABs) on inside fastballs in the 2017 season — worst among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .461.
  • Left-handed hitters have a miss rate of 31.3% (52/166) against Daniel Norris as a starter in 2017 — 6th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 21.5%.
  • He has not allowed a hit in the first inning in any of his last 5 games dating back to June 22, 2017 (Carlos Martinez has the longest active streak at 6).

 

Matt Boyd
  • He threw off-speed pitches 54.1% of the time (197/364) vs left-handed batters in the 2017 season — 13th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 41.9%.
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .077 (11/143) against Matthew Boyd as a starter on curves and sliders in 2017 — 9th among SPs in MLB; League Avg: .130.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .295 (31 Total Bases / 105 ABs) on inside fastballs in 2017 — 4th best among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .461.

 

Mike Fiers

  • Opponents had a line drive rate of 31.5% (29/92) against Mike Fiers as a starter on high fastballs in the 2017 season — 4th worst among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 20.2%.
  • He threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 71.4% (180/252) of opposing right-handed batters in 2017 — 14th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 63.1%.

 

Relief Pitchers

 

2017 Bullpen Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .283 30th
OBP .360 30th
SLG .471 30th
OPS .831 30th
BB% 10.1% 23rd
K% 19.6% 30th
GB% 41.8% T-28th

 

Shane Greene
  • Opponents batted .076 against Shane Greene (5-for-66) on non-fastballs in the 2017 season — tied 2nd among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .211.

  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .144 (18 Total Bases / 125 ABs) with two strikes this season — 21st among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .267.
  • Right-handed hitters have a line drive rate of 14.0% (15/107) against Shane Greene in 2017 — 14th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 20.9%.

 

Alex Wilson

  • He recorded 37 of his 42 strikeouts (88.1%) with his fastball in the 2017 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 47.6%.

  • Left-handed hitters have a chase rate of 35.3% (89/253) against Alex Wilson in 2017 — League Avg: 29.3%.
  • He allowed an OPS of .730 (54 PAs) when he’s behind in the count in 2017 — 22nd among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 1.108.

 

Joe Jimenez

  • He allowed an OPS of 1.573 (19 PAs) vs right-handed batters over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season — 2nd worst among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .724.
  • He threw his slider 50.9% of the time (29/57) vs right-handed batters over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season — 20th among RPs in MLB; League Avg: 32.1%.

 

Drew VerHagen

  • He allowed an OPS of 1.864 (25 PAs) against the first batter faced in the inning in the 2017 season — worst among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .725.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .714 (25 Total Bases / 35 ABs) on non-fastballs in 2017 — 2nd worst among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .348.

 

Blaine Hardy

  • He allowed a BABIP of .446 vs right-handed batters in the 2017 season — 5th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .298.
  • Opponents hit .356 against Blaine Hardy (16-for-45) on curves and sliders in 2017 — 5th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .209.

 

Johnny Barbato

  • He allowed an OPS of .488 (19 PAs) on pitches in the strike zone in the second half of the 2017 season — 22nd among RPs in MLB; League Avg: .775.

 

Hitters

 

2017 Offense Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .258 T-12th
OBP .324 16th
SLG .424 18th
OPS .748 18th
BB% 8.2% 20th
K% 21.3% 12th
QAB 2617 14th
wOBA .332 T-10th

 

Miguel Cabrera
  • He had a line drive rate of 31.1% (66/212) on fastballs this season — best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 22.3%.
  • He had an OBP of .434 (113 PAs) versus LHP in 2017 — 13th among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .326.
  • He went to the opposite field with 37.5% of balls he’s put into play (110/293) versus RHP in 2017 — 6th highest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 29.6%.

 

Nicholas Castellanos

  • He slugged .599 (82 total bases in 137 ABs) versus LHP in the 2017 season — 12th among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .419.
  • He had a line drive rate of 37.0% (27/73) on the first pitch of at-bats this season — best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 21.9%.

  • He had 11 HRs in 137 ABs (12.5 AB/HR) versus LHP in 2017 — 7th best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 28.9.

 

Mikie Mahtook

  • He batted .253 (49-for-194) with two strikes in the 2017 season — 6th among part-time hitters in MLB: League Avg: .176.

  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of .221 (25/113) on curves and sliders in 2017 — 6th among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .125.
  • He averaged 4.2 Pitches per Plate Appearance (1,070/253) versus RHP in 2017 — 18th among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 3.9.

 

Victor Martinez

  • He came to the plate with runners in scoring position in 137 of his 435 plate appearances (31.5%) in the 2017 season — 7th highest among part-time hitters; League Avg: 24.9%.

  • He swung and missed 15.5% (90/582) of pitches versus RHP in 2017 — 19th among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 24.1%.
  • He had a line drive rate of 29.5% (23/78) when leading off an inning in 2017 — 16th among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 21.9%.

 

Leonys Martin

  • He attempted to bunt for a hit on 116 pitches in his 714 plate appearances (16.2%) over the last two seasons — 3rd highest rate in MLB; League Avg: 2.3%.

  • He batted just .128 (12-for-94) on curves and sliders against RHP over the last two seasons — 4th worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .218.
  • He pulled 63.3% of balls he’s put into play (93/147) versus LHP in the last two seasons — highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 45.0%.

 

Jose Iglesias

  • He chased 63.6% of pitches out of the zone (175/275) with two strikes in the 2017 season — worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 40.9%.

  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of just .086 (23/267) versus starting pitchers this season — 5th worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .168.
  • He struck out 65 times in 489 PAs (13.3%) in 2017 — 11th lowest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 21.6%.

 

James McCann

  • He has not struck out in his last 40 PA’s against a LHP dating back to August 3, 2017 (this is the longest active streak).
  • He had a line drive rate of 38.0% (19/50) on fastballs away in the 2017 season — 3rd highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 22.9%.
  • He had an OPS of .928 (116 PAs) versus LHP in 2017 — 20th among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .745.

 

Dixon Machado

  • He had a groundball rate of 60.6% (20/33) over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season — 6th highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 45.2%.
  • He batted just .115 (3-for-26) versus starting pitchers over the last 30 days of the regular season — 2nd worst among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .259.

 

Jeimer Candelario

  • He batted .387 (12-for-31) on non-fastballs over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season — 7th best in MLB; League Avg: .219.
  • He had an OPS of 1.109 (56 PAs) at home over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season — 15th in MLB; League Avg: .766.

 

 

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