Welcome to 2019!!!

It's been some time since I've had anything to write about.

The offseason was fairly uneventful for the Tigers. We said goodbye to some players (James McCann 😢) and signed a few guys to small deals. Nothing earth-shattering.

No one expects the Tigers to do well at all this year. I don't imagine us winning anything, but I don't see why we have to have a losing season. Time will tell, but so far, things are very encouraging.

Our pitching is PHENOMENAL!!!!! We don't have Fulmer and Norris isn't in the starting rotation. Two of our starters were guys we were taking a chance on and one is essentially a rookie and MAN! They are just dominating every. single. game. And not just the starters. Our bullpen has been fantastic. The pitchers are keeping us in every game.

Defense has been sparkling. We've made some errors but overall it seems to be going well and there have been some really fantastic plays when it counts (late innings of the last game in Toronto, anyone?). In addition, it sounds like our baserunning is much improved. I'm hearing guys take the extra base, move up on throwing errors, even steal! It's been fun.

Okay, now you'll want to talk about the bats. Guys, the bats are the least of our worries. We are actually starting to hit and now we need to score the guys who get on, but we can't have it all at once, can we? We're probably not going to be bombing the ball, but doubles are just about the best thing ever, plus, we are walking a lot, which is always good.

Here we are, eight games in, and the Tigers are 5-3. We've played scrappy and have had a chance to win almost every game. We are not getting blown away and we have a lot of young guys. It's a long season but it's off to a great start.