Detroit Tigers Starting Lineup 2/15/19 Tigers Lineup

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Updated: 9:00 am GMT, 10/1

The starting lineup of Detroit looks a lot different from a few years ago, and if Miguel Cabrera isn’t healthy this lineup is going to be a below average one. Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera are easily their two best hitters, and around them is a lot of youth that they are getting a look at for the future. Grayson Greiner will be the starting catcher with James McCann out in Chicago, and the most exciting young prospect has to be Niko Goodrum who flashed some power at second base. There are not a lot of great on-base guys, so using Jeimer Candelario and Jacoby Jones at the top of the order is not a guarantee for any sort of RBI production in the middle of the lineup. While they might be a pesky bunch at times, in the long run this is a bottom ten lineup in baseball.

Updated: 9:00 am GMT, 10/1

Starting Lineup

S. Turnbull , (R), SP

1. J. Candelario , (S), 3B

2. J. Jones , (R), CF

3. N. Castellanos , (R), RF

4. N. Goodrum , (S), 1B

5. M. Mahtook , (R), LF

6. J. McCann , (R), C

7. D. Lugo , (R), 2B

8. P. Kozma , (R), SS

9. S. Turnbull , (R), SP

Pos	Pitcher
SP	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R)

Pos	Pitcher	Rating	GS	Record	IP	Batters Faced	Hits	Runs	ER	HR Allowed	BB	SO	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	Salary	Projection
SP	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R)	68	3	0-2	16.1	69	17	11	11	1	4	15	0.33%	0.05%	1.29	0.327	$5800	23.88

Pos	Hitter
3B	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario (S)
CF	JaCoby Jones J. Jones (R)
RF	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos (R)
1B	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum (S)
LF	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook (R)
C	James McCann J. McCann (R)
2B	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo (R)
SS	Pete Kozma P. Kozma (R)
SP	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R)

Pos	Hitter	Rating	Order	G	PA	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Runs	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Salary	Projection
3B	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario (S)	82	1	144	619	121	71	28	3	19	54	78	3	2	0.224	0.317	0.39	0.71	$3500	9.82
CF	JaCoby Jones J. Jones (R)	70	2	129	466	89	50	22	6	11	34	54	13	5	0.207	0.266	0.36	0.63	$2500	9.1
RF	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos (R)	87	3	158	678	185	111	46	5	23	89	88	2	1	0.298	0.354	0.50	0.854	$3700	10.91
1B	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum (S)	72	4	131	492	109	61	29	3	16	53	55	12	4	0.245	0.315	0.43	0.747	$3000	9.63
LF	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook (R)	72	5	67	250	45	30	4	2	9	29	24	4	1	0.202	0.276	0.36	0.635	$2300	9.44
C	James McCann J. McCann (R)	75	6	118	457	94	70	16	0	8	39	31	0	3	0.22	0.267	0.31	0.581	$2300	7.82
2B	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo (R)	72	7	27	101	20	14	4	1	1	8	10	0	0	0.213	0.267	0.31	0.576	$2200	7.71
SS	Pete Kozma P. Kozma (R)	62	8	27	72	15	9	4	1	1	8	7	0	1	0.217	0.236	0.35	0.584	$2000	7.65
SP	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R)	68	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	$5800	23.88

Most Common Tigers Lineups

4 Games
1. Leonys Martin
2. Jeimer Candelario
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Nicholas Castellanos
5. Victor Martinez
6. JaCoby Jones
7. James McCann
8. Jose Iglesias
9. Dixon Machado

4 Games
1. Leonys Martin
2. Jeimer Candelario
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Nicholas Castellanos
5. Victor Martinez
6. James McCann
7. JaCoby Jones
8. Jose Iglesias
9. Dixon Machado

3 Games
1. Leonys Martin
2. Jeimer Candelario
3. Nicholas Castellanos
4. Victor Martinez
5. JaCoby Jones
6. John Hicks
7. James McCann
8. Jose Iglesias
9. Dixon Machado

3 Games
1. Leonys Martin
2. Jeimer Candelario
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Nicholas Castellanos
5. Victor Martinez
6. James McCann
7. Mikie Mahtook
8. Jose Iglesias
9. Dixon Machado

2 Games
1. Jeimer Candelario
2. Christin Stewart
3. Nicholas Castellanos
4. Victor Martinez
5. Jim Adduci
6. James McCann
7. JaCoby Jones
8. Dawel Lugo
9. Pete Kozma

2 Games
1. Jeimer Candelario
2. Jose Iglesias
3. Nicholas Castellanos
4. Niko Goodrum
5. Victor Martinez
6. Jim Adduci
7. Mikie Mahtook
8. James McCann
9. Victor Reyes

2018 Recent Tigers Lineups

Game	Score	Starting Pitcher	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
9/30 @ MIL	L 0-11	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R), 5.1 IP, 7 SO, 4 ER, L	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	James McCann J. McCann	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull
9/29 @ MIL	L 5-6	Daniel Norris D. Norris (L), 4.2 IP, 8 SO, 5 ER, ND	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	Grayson Greiner G. Greiner	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma	Daniel Norris D. Norris
9/29 @ MIL	L 5-6	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann (R), 4 IP, 4 SO, 5 ER, ND	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	Harold Castro H. Castro	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Jim Adduci J. Adduci	James McCann J. McCann	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Victor Reyes V. Reyes	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann
9/28 @ MIN	L 3-9	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano (L), 2.2 IP, 5 SO, 4 ER, L	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	Grayson Greiner G. Greiner	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma
9/27 @ MIN	L 4-11	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd (L), 3.2 IP, 3 SO, 6 ER, L	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Jim Adduci J. Adduci	James McCann J. McCann	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Ronny Rodriguez R. Rodriguez
9/23 vs KC	L 2-3	Daniel Norris D. Norris (L), 5 IP, 3 SO, 1 ER, ND	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	Ronny Rodriguez R. Rodriguez	Grayson Greiner G. Greiner	Victor Reyes V. Reyes	Pete Kozma P. Kozma
9/22 vs KC	W 5-4	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann (R), 7 IP, 5 SO, 2 ER, ND	Jeimer Candelario J. Candelario	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	Niko Goodrum N. Goodrum	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	James McCann J. McCann	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Pete Kozma P. Kozma
9/21 vs KC	L 3-4	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano (L), 6 IP, 4 SO, 1 ER, L	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	Ronny Rodriguez R. Rodriguez	James McCann J. McCann	Jarrod Saltalamacchia J. Saltalamacchia	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma
9/20 vs KC	W 11-8	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd (L), 1.1 IP, 1 SO, 2 ER, ND	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	Jim Adduci J. Adduci	Ronny Rodriguez R. Rodriguez	Grayson Greiner G. Greiner	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma
9/19 vs MIN	L 2-8	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull (R), 4 IP, 2 SO, 6 ER, L	JaCoby Jones J. Jones	Christin Stewart C. Stewart	Nicholas Castellanos N. Castellanos	Mikie Mahtook M. Mahtook	Ronny Rodriguez R. Rodriguez	James McCann J. McCann	Jim Adduci J. Adduci	Dawel Lugo D. Lugo	Pete Kozma P. Kozma

2019 Detroit Tigers Pitching Analysis

The Tigers had one of the worst rotations in baseball last season, which outside of Cleveland, could be said for many of the AL Central teams. Detroit is going through a full rebuild, and the rotation is going to suffer again this season. To think just a few years ago Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer were leading this rotation, and Rick Porcello was their third option. Things have certainly changed since then. The deal for Jordan Zimmermann a few years ago has been deemed a giant bust, but they don’t have anywhere to go other than him. He finished with a 4.52 ERA last year, and his strikeouts were up a bit which was a positive. It is hard to expect much out of Zimmermann this upcoming season. He is projected for over a 4.50 ERA in the new year, pushing dangerously closing to five. We shouldn’t expect Zimmermann to carry a high strikeout rate, and there really is nobody in this rotation that will. Michael Fulmer had a severe leg injury last season, and over the last few he has been one of the more consistent options for the Tigers. Fulmer stands the best chance to lead the Tigers in ERA this season.

Matt Boyd is likely to headline the rotation, which isn’t a good sign. Boyd is a home run prone lefty who has struggled each season in the majors. The lefty had under a 30% groundball rate, which contributes to his career 1.55 HR/9. Boyd is likely going to struggle with these types of number, with maybe the occasional good outing. The Tigers signed Tyson Ross to fill a void in the rotation, and it is not a bad signing given Ross has struggled at times. He relies heavily on his slider, which has given his arm some trouble in the past, but health seems to be on his side now. Ross is going to struggle a bit, but some fresh blood in the Detroit is worth getting excited for. His swinging strike rate was back up from 2017, although it is still down from his career norm which is in the double-digits. Blaine Hardy and Daniel Norris will be fighting for the last spot in the rotation, or if one is struggling they will place him. Norris has not been the prospect he was advertised to be.