Tigers Off to Solid Start (Out of the Park)

Calhoun has been a beast for the Tigers.

As you have read lately, I am now the proud owner of the Out of the Park 18 (PC Game). In one of my projects on there, I am replaying the 2012 Detroit Tigers era. During our 2012 season, we fell short, but are rolling off to an excellent 9-3 start in 2013.

We currently lead the A.L. Central over the Chicago White Sox by 1.5 games. We currently lead the American League in Batting Average (.297), On-Base, Slugging, OPS (.797), hits (126) & Runs scored (66), while our pitching has also been pretty strong, as our starting pitchers' ERA leads the league with a 2.10 mark. Our bullpen's lousy ERA (5.10) is a bit deceiving as they had some fat innings in games that were relatively lost; Not your typical Tiger bullpen of blown leads or saves if that's what you were wondering.

Trading for Kole Calhoun proved to be a steal so far, as he leads the club in slugging (.612), OPS [On Base + Slugging] (.971), Extra Base Hits (9 XBH), Isolated Power (.265), Total Bases (30) & Triples (2); He also is 2nd in Batting Average (.347), hits (17) & RBI (12).

Meanwhile, our second baseman that we decided to keep in Devon Travis (over Rougned Odor), has picked up where he left off in 2012; He is batting .347, with 2 HR & 13 RBI (both tops for the team); He also leads the team in runs (13), while 3rd with a .933 OPS.'

Justin Upton has heated up, leading the team with a .364 batting average, while Andy Dirks & Austin Jackson are among the top area in many offensive categories as well.

The pitching highlights are as follows...

Max Scherzer is showing why he is the man, with a 3-0 record & microscopic 0.78 ERA in 23 innings & 3 starts (1 complete game); He currently has a 1.2 WAR, 23 strikeouts, while holding opponents to only 5.87 hits per 9 IP & a .183 batting average.

The next best starter has been Doug Fister, 2-1, 2.33 ERA, 14 K's in 19.1 Innings; Fister has a 0.83 WHIP, while only allowing 0.93 walks/9 IP.

Joaquin Benoit has been perfect 4-for-4 in Save Opportunities, with a perfect 0.00 ERA & a low WHIP of 1.07; He has yet to record a strikeout though.