Ledger columnist Pat Zier says the Tigers are headed for another horrible year and the future doesn't look bright either.
... ent to the World Series, the Tigers featured three position players, catcher Alex Avila (the GM's son), left fielder Andy Dirks and right fielder Brennan Boesch, wh ...
Are the Washington Nationals playing with a three man bench right now? Was Juan Soto rushed back to the active roster too soon? The answer to both of those...
... onals were already down Yadiel Hernandez, who pinch hit earlier in the game. Alex Avila, as the backup catcher, isn’t entering at this point. Andrew Stevenson had a ...
The team on top has gone from worst to first!
... lb.com/c5cd2fea-c581-498f-b183-3dd810b2be47.mp4 * Replacing Kurt Suzuki with Alex Avila in the Nationals’ catching platoon will likely benefit the team defensively. ...
Ever since I took over this Detroit Tigers fan blog over a year ago, I have tried to write about baseball as logically as possible. Currently, the fans hav...
... cluded Tyler Clippard, Sergio Romo, Homer Bailey, Rich Hill, Michael Pineda, Alex Avila, and Caleb Theibar (former Tigers farmhand) What about salaries and what the ...
Soto is coming back from a strained left shoulder and was not in Tuesday's lineup. He'll be available to pinch-hit off the bench.
... án Pérez for assignment, reshaping their bench to include Hernandez, catcher Alex Avila, first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, infielder Jordy Mercer and outfielder Andrew ...
The tenth anniversary of former Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander's second no-hitter is coming up on May 7. This isn't a story about that game. It is, ho...
... the Tigers’ third run of the inning on the sac fly. Verlander’s battery mate Alex Avila bats on June 14, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty I ...
The defensive work remains intriguing, but the swing and miss has Rogers on the brink.
... without quite the eye and contact ability of a paragon of that profile like Alex Avila, for example. Rogers spent some of the 2019-2020 offseason working with reno ...
April has come and gone for the Nationals, and nobody can say they saw the season’s first month playing out the way it did. A ...
... Schwarber has been far better than expected in left field. And Yan Gomes and Alex Avila have combined to throw out 45 percent of basestealers, best in the NL. ...
The first month of the season is over, and the Marlins find themselves at the bottom of the National League East with an 11-14 record. Despite this, they sit just 1 1/2 games back in a highly competitive division. Since a 1-6 start, Miami is 10-8....
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Last night’s game had the original Mr. Walk-Off, Ryan Zimmerman, ready to pinch-hit for Alex Avila. But Kyle Schwarber made sure that nobody else had to bat in that game. He took care of business and has to be Mr. … Continue reading →
... s game had the original Mr. Walk-Off, Ryan Zimmerman, ready to pinch-hit for Alex Avila. But Kyle Schwarber made sure that nobody else had to bat in that game. He t ...
Jesús Aguilar makes a play at first and throws to second to retire Kyle Schwarber and Alex Avila, ending the bottom of the 7th inning
... ilar makes a play at first and throws to second to retire Kyle Schwarber and Alex Avila, ending the bottom of the 7th inning © 2021 MLB Advanced Media, LP. All righ ...
The Nationals have gotten used to this by now, looking up at the scoreboard and staring at a string of zeros, not only in their ...
... re were three inning-ending double plays - from Yadiel Hernandez, Castro and Alex Avila - plus another double play in the eighth from pinch-hitter Andrew Stevenson. ...
The runner on second in extras is dumb. Don’t @ me. It’s just dumb. Like a rule parents who are tired of watching their kids play baseball would come up with. But whatever, the Nationals won...
... eless on 67 pitches. Kyle Schwarber singled with one out in the seventh, but Alex Avila grounded into an inning-ending 3-6-3 DP in the next AB. Seven scoreless on 7 ...
After COVID struck the team just before Opening Day, it wreaked havoc on Jon Lester who had to go back to Spring Training mode to ramp his arm strength back up. Here we are 30-days later, and Lester is ready … Continue reading →
... el Hernandez RF 4. Starlin Castro 3B 5. Josh Bell 1B 6. Kyle Schwarber LF 7. Alex Avila C 8. Victor Robles CF 9. Jon Lester P Share this: Twitter Facebook Google Li ...
