The light is at the end of the tunnel. After the $69 million to Cabrera, Zimmermann, Fielder, and Verlander, Detroit has few obligations. After submitting a payroll in excess of $207 million in 2017, the Tigers dropped all the way to $135 million in 2018 and will probably wind up somewhere about $125 million in 2019. The guaranteed money after the 2020 season would be to Cabrera. That contract is dreadful, however, the Tigers will have a lot more flexibility.
One of the biggest issues for the Tigers heading into 2019 is that they don’t have a roster which embodies the present state of Major League Baseball. Comerica Park is a variable, but the Tigers have been 28th in home runs last year, trailing only the Giants and Marlins, who are made to have a pitcher bat at least twice a game.
The Orioles Rangers recorded fewer strikeouts. So far as K/9 goes, the Tigers were the A’s and 26th, before these groups. The game is predicated on hitting dingers and punching tickets. The Tigers were among the worst in baseball at both of these things.
That’s one of several reasons why this rebuild is moving at a snail’s pace. The Tigers are attempting to utilize the Comerica Park factors to their own advantage, by relying on some pitch-to-contact kinds that induce a great deal of fly balls, but only goes so far. The Tigers were 38-43 in the home, but 26-55 on the street.
All of that said, there are two or three silver linings. The Tigers were 43-45 against fellow groups that are losing. It had been the teams that were .500 or better that wrecked Detroit last year, since the Tigers were only 21-53 against these teams.
Could they be the group that picks up some extra losses as the division improves around the Tigers? Will the yield of Miguel Cabrera and also the addition of a better pitching depth help the Tigers exceed expectations? Let’s try to answer those questions that are burning.
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