Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. The Tigers have some young talent in the pipeline. It will be a growing year for Detroit.
2020 Record: 23-35 (5th in AL Central)
Tigers Hitters
Victor Reyes
- Victor Reyes hit .545 against pitchers who had thrown at least 80 pitches in the game in the 2020 season — best in MLB; League Avg: .239
- Victor Reyes made 95% of possible defensive plays in the 2020 season — tied for 5th best in MLB; League Avg: 88%
- Victor Reyes batted .254 with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 8th best in MLB; League Avg: .184
- Victor Reyes batted .300 on outside pitches in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB; League Avg: .237
- Victor Reyes missed on just 25% of swings on breaking pitches in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB; League Avg: 34%
Willi Castro
- Willi Castro had a groundball batting average of.436 in the 2020 season — 2nd best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .241
- Willi Castro slugged .808 on changeups in the 2020 season — 4th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .390
- Willi Castro batted .421 with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — tied for 5th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .267
- Willi Castro batted .400 on pitches 95 mph or greater in the 2020 season — tied for 11th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .250
- Willi Castro had 73 quality ABs out of 140 total in the 2020 season — tied for 13th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: 44%
Miguel Cabrera
- Miguel Cabrera is batting .429 on fastballs against LHP since 2019 — best in MLB; League Avg: .293
- Miguel Cabrera is batting .380 with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB; League Avg: .278
- Miguel Cabrera has 102 quality ABs out of 180 total with runners in scoring position since 2019 — tied for 10th best in MLB; League Avg: 49%
- Miguel Cabrera has a Well-Hit Avg of .233 on low pitches since 2019 — 10th best in MLB; League Avg: .180
- Miguel Cabrera has an OPS of 1.010 against LHP since 2019 — 11th best among 127 in MLB; League Avg:.832
Jeimer Candelario
- Jeimer Candelario had a Well-Hit Avg of .394 on changeups in the 2020 season — best in MLB; League Avg: .172
- Jeimer Candelario batted .464 on fastballs against LHP in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .280
- Jeimer Candelario batted .349 with runners on base in the 2020 season — 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .270
- Jeimer Candelario slugged .955 on the first pitch of at-bats in the 2020 season — 7th best in MLB; League Avg: .627
- Jeimer Candelario saw 8+ pitches in 12 PA’s in the 2020 season — tied for 12th most 470 in MLB
JaCoby Jones
- JaCoby Jones slugged 1.050 on inside fastballs in the 2020 season — best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg:.459
- JaCoby Jones has 21 extra-base hits out of 34 total hits on inside pitches since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB among hitters with at least 328 total PA’s; League Avg: 41%
Niko Goodrum
- Niko Goodrum slugged .800 on breaking pitches against LHP in the 2020 season — tied for 7th best in MLB; League Avg: .417
- Niko Goodrum has seen 10+ pitches in 7 PA’s since 2019 — tied for 8th most in MLB
- Niko Goodrum has an OBP of.429 on pitches 95 mph or greater since 2019 — 11th best in MLB among hitters with at least 328 total PA’s; League Avg: .348
Robbie Grossman
- Robbie Grossman slugged .611 on outside pitches in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .351
- Robbie Grossman missed on just 12% of swings when the pitcher was behind in the count in the 2020 season — 4th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: 25%
- Robbie Grossman had 22 extra-base hits out of 40 total hits in the 2020 season — 8th best in MLB; League Avg: 38%
- Robbie Grossman drew 16 walks in 90 PA’s 18% versus relief pitchers in the 2020 season — 12th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: 10%
- Robbie Grossman is batting .306 on high 95 MPH+ pitches since 2019 — 14th best in MLB among hitters with at least 328 total PA’s; League Avg: .200
Wilson Ramos
- Wilson Ramos is batting .327 against LHP since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 14th best among 127 in MLB; League Avg: .274
- Wilson Ramos has made 94% of barehand plays since the start of the 2019 season — 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: 63%
- Wilson Ramos is batting .329 on high 95 MPH+ pitches since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB among hitters with at least 571 total PA’s; League Avg: .205
- Wilson Ramos has back-picked 4 runners from first base since the start of 2018 — tied for 2nd most in MLB
Isaac Paredes
- Isaac Paredes batted.417 on elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — tied for 8th best in MLB among hitters with at least 87 total PA’s; League Avg: .229
Bench:
Grayson Greiner
Sergio Alcantara
Harold Castro
- Harold Castro has a groundball batting average of .319 since 2019 — 14th best in MLB among hitters with at least 328 total PA’s; League Avg: .249
Akil Baddoo
Projected Starting Rotation
Matthew Boyd
- Matthew Boyd has walked 13 of 231 batters 6% with runners in scoring position since 2019 — tied for 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 9%
- Matthew Boyd has 59 three-pitch strikeouts since 2019 — tied for 8th most among pitchers in MLB
- Opponents have a miss rate of 34% against Matthew Boyd with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 10th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 26%
- Left-handed hitters have a miss rate of 31% against Matthew Boyd since 2019 — 14th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: 25%
Spencer Turnbull
- Opponents had a miss rate of 41% against Spencer Turnbull on elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 4th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 27%
- Spencer Turnbull allowed a slugging percentage of just.171 when behind in the count in the 2020 season — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .305
- Opponents had a groundball batting average of just.125 against Spencer Turnbull with the shift in the 2020 season — tied for 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .230
- Opponents in the heart of the order batted just .147 against Spencer Turnbull in the 2020 season — 10th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .250
- Spencer Turnbull allowed a slugging percentage of just .173 with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 14th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .273
Michael Fulmer
- Michael Fulmer has not struck out a hitter in his last 31 PAs against a RHH dating back to September 1st, 2020 — this is the longest active streak among active MLB players.
Jose Urena
Tarik Skubal
- Opponents batted just.118 against Tarik Skubal versus the bottom of the order in the 2020 season — 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .223
- Opponents had a miss rate of 39% against Tarik Skubal on elevated fastballs in the 2020 season — 8th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 27%
- Tarik Skubal had a strikeout rate of 42% versus the bottom of the order in the 2020 season — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 26%
- Opponents had a miss rate of 23% against Tarik Skubal on pitches in the strike zone in the 2020 season — 15th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 18%
- Opponents batted just.160 against Tarik Skubal’s inside fastball in the 2020 season — 15th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: .261
Projected Bullpen
Bryan Garcia
- Bryan Garcia had an ERA of 1.20 against division opponents in the 2020 season — tied for 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 3.75
- Bryan Garcia allowed a slugging percentage of just.156 when behind in the count in the 2020 season — 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .276
- Bryan Garcia allowed a slugging percentage of just.143 on sliders in the 2020 season — tied for 13th best among among 108 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .331
- Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just.048 against breaking balls from Bryan Garcia in the 2020 season — tied for 15th best among among 141 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .137
Gergory Soto
- Opponents had a miss rate of 60% against Gregory Soto on sliders in the 2020 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 37%
- Gregory Soto allowed a slugging percentage of just.278 when he was behind in the count in the 2020 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .589
- Gregory Soto allowed an OPS of just .736 when he’s behind in the count in the 2020 season — 15th best among among 114 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 1.098
- Gregory Soto allowed an OPS of just .479 versus hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order in the 2020 season — 15th best among among 111 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .662
Buck Farmer
- Opponents batted just.083 against Buck Farmer on the first pitch of at-bats in the 2020 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .328
- Opponents batted just .229 against Buck Farmer in non-two strike counts in the 2020 season — tied for 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .330
- Buck Farmer walked 1 of 32 batters 3% versus the heart of the order in the 2020 season — 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 11%
Jose Cisnero
- Jose Cisnero allowed an OPS of just .276 on non-fastballs in the 2020 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .600
- Jose Cisnero’s K:BB ratio was 7.7 against right-handed batters in the 2020 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 3.0
- Jose Cisnero has walked 4 of 92 batters 4% with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 11%
- Jose Cisnero allowed a slugging percentage of just.205 versus the heart of the order in the 2020 season — 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .417
- Opponents batted just.192 against Jose Cisnero when he was behind in the count in the 2020 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .332
Joe Jimenez
- Opponents were hitless in 21 AB’s against Joe Jimenez’s breaking balls down in the 2020 season — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg:.181
- Joe Jimenez walked 1 of 57 right-handed batters 2% in the 2020 season — tied for best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 9%
- Joe Jimenez has allowed a slugging percentage of just.109 on low breaking pitches since 2019 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .282
Daniel Norris
- Opponents have a groundball batting average of just.136 against Daniel Norris with the shift since 2019 — 5th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: .231
- Daniel Norris allowed an OBP of just.154 when facing the leadoff batter in the inning in the 2020 season — 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .308
- Daniel Norris allowed a slugging percentage of just.171 versus the bottom of the order in the 2020 season — 15th best among among 117 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .333
Derek Holland
- Opponents are hitting just.162 against Derek Holland on low fastballs since 2019 — best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 109 total IP; League Avg: .285
- Derek Holland had a strikeout rate of 41% in PAs ending on inside fastballs in the 2020 season — best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 16%
- Derek Holland had a strikeout rate of 34% with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — 13th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 22%
- Opponents had a miss rate of 33% against Derek Holland when going through the lineup the third time in a game in the 2020 season — 14th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 29 total IP; League Avg: 25%
Tyler Alexander
- Tyler Alexander’s had 12 strikeouts and no walks vs left-handed batters in the 2020 season — tied for best K:BB ratio among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 2.3
- Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just.062 against Tyler Alexander on low fastballs in the 2020 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .202
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