A.J. Hinch Gets Brutally Honest About Cleveland and the AL Central

A. J. Hinch Sends Strong Message About Tigers’ Rivalry With Guardians The Detroit Tigers are not hiding from reality anymore.

If this franchise wants to win the American League Central, it knows exactly who stands in the way. The Cleveland Guardians. As the two division rivals opened a highly anticipated four game series at Comerica Park, Tigers manager A.

J. Hinch delivered one of his most direct comments yet about where Detroit stands in the division pecking order. “We know the division runs through Cleveland,” Hinch said via MLive.

“As much as we want to say otherwise, they’ve done it. And so we have to take that personally and overcome them in order to get where we want to get to. That’s the brutal truth.