Has Alex Avila Ever Been This Hot? (It's Close)
There's no hotter hitter in baseball right now than Alex Avila.
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There's no hotter hitter in baseball right now than Alex Avila.
Not exactly a dream start to the season for the four-time All-Star who mans second base for the Tigers.
To watch Norris pitch is almost to be teased. His talent shines in tantalizing bursts, the ball sometimes seemingly on a string. But the warts are impossible to ignore, none more so than his erratic command.
Mike Napoli and Joey Gallo hit homers, giving the Texas Rangers enough offense to help them hold on for a 5-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night, their 10th straight victory.
For the first time all season, Nicholas Castellanos will not occupy a top-four spot within the Tigers' batting order.
Even talks to speed the pace of Major League Baseball games are going slowly.
John Gibbons thought Marcus Stroman might be the perfect choice to stop the Toronto Blue Jays' skid after three straight losses to Atlanta.
"Been a little more luck, finding holes, that's it," Martinez said.
Chicago police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old man who fell over a railing at Wrigley Field.
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar has apologized for using an anti-gay slur, which could lead to disciplinary action from Major League Baseball.
The Pittsburgh Pirates kids day is coming up this Sunday and while promoting the event on their local TV station things got interesting.
Following the Tigers' 5-4 win over the Orioles on Wednesday night in which backup catcher Alex Avila continued to thrive at the plate, Brad Ausmus had an idea.
Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar and John Smoltz are among 16 men appointed to a new competition committee by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.
The Atlanta Braves scored six runs before making an out, and things turned ugly in the late innings after a bat flip by Jose Bautista.
The netting at Wrigley Field is clear again. So much for its prized souvenir.
The game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians that was postponed due to inclement weather on May 4 will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on July 1.
Miguel Cabrera was a late scratch from Detroit's starting lineup Wednesday night against Baltimore because of a sore left side.
Chinese pitcher Hai-Cheng Gong has agreed to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
This was bound to happen eventually. It's bound to happen again.
The Tigers had a question mark in center field throughout the offseason and they still have one today, nearly 40 games into the 2017 campaign.
The Cleveland Indians have called up outfielder Bradley Zimmer, their first-round draft pick in 2014, from Triple-A Columbus.
Cash played in Boston while Francona managed the Red Sox and was on Cleveland's coaching staff from 2013-14.
Perhaps the Tigers should have read the writing on the wall in the 2015 offseason before making Zimmermann one of the highest-paid pitchers in baseball.
The captain drew higher television ratings than his former Boss.
Part of both the frustration and the fun of fantasy sports is picking players in the draft, but if those picks aren't producing yet, fantasy baseball owners have to be thinking about cutting bait at this point.
