OT: Tigers vs. Yanks
Home opener today. Fister on the mound for Detroit, Nova for NY. Early 1-0 lead for the good guys.
2-0 Tigers. Infante with an RBI single.
I forgot it's Opening Day in Detroit. Hard to get interested in the Tigers when M is on the eve of playing Syracuse in the FF.
Kind of weird seeing Boesch in a Yankee's uniform. I...don't miss him at all.
Speaking of Boesch, what the crap?? He never made a catch like that for us.
He struggled with his control in Spring Training, but you obviously take ST performances with a grain of salt. I just looked at his career splits though, and March/April is the "wildest" month of the season for him. He's got a 6.6% career walk rate for March/April. Besides that, he's only got one other month over 5%. So I think he'll be alright. At least I hope so, both for the Tigers' sake, and for my fantasy team's sake.
Prince! That's a good way to get off the schnide!
5-3 Tigers after a 3-run shot from Prince.
I don't think there was much question about that one either - Avila hits his first HR of the year and it is 6-3 Detroit.
...and there's Jackson getting himself on base. Nice to see the offense come alive in a timely spot here!
I feel like Avila is really key to this offense. I don't think we can expect him to hit .295 like he did in 2011, but I think he's better than the .243 he hit last year. If he can land somewhere in between there, with an OBP > .300, this offense will be almost unstoppable. He's can bridge the gap between our mashers and the top of the order and hit for more than just singles power.
He'll have an OBP over .300 no problem. Last year when he hit .243 he had a .352 OBP.
We need to get Avila going early. His lack of production last year was a disappointment after 2011.
Smyly looking sharp. Much better than his outing the other day.
A freaking moonshot from Prince! Here we go!
Love the way they've used Smyly so far.
He should be expected to give 2+ innings when called upon.