It's early, but Detroit Tigers are playing losing baseball
It's early, but the Tigers are playing losing baseball through 11 games – ranking 12th for offense, 16th for the rotation and 14th for the bullpen.
MINNEAPOLIS – It's early, but the Detroit Tigers are playing losing baseball. The Tigers have a 4-7 record for fourth place in the American League Central through 11 games, but more notably, they've lost seven of their past nine games. Among the 30 MLB teams, the offense ranks 12th, the rotation ranks 16th and the bullpen ranks 14th.
There are 151 games remaining in the 2026 season. "Team-wise, you're always pushing to play winning baseball," manager A. J.
Hinch said Wednesday, April 8, before the third of four games in the series against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. "Right now, we haven't done that. We're trying to find ways to get back to our brand of baseball that produces those wins without overreacting.
" THE SECOND ACE: Framber Valdez picked Tigers over Twins in MLB free agency Before Wednesday's game, Hinch revealed what the Tigers have been working on with all of their players early in the season – which extends throughout the entire 162-game schedule. For position players, it's refusing to chase bad pitches and hitting the ball hard. For pitchers, it's throwing first-pitch strikes and getting into leverage with two strikes.