With one week of baseball in the books, the Detroit Tigers are 3-4. Masterful pitching from Michael Fulmer and strong hitting from Miguel Cabrera and Nicholas Castellanos has kept the Tigers in nearly every game this year, and faint whispers of optimism surround the team.
While Fulmer, Cabrera and Castellanos are expected to perform above average, one surprise so far this season has been the hitting of 26-year-old second baseman Dixon Machado.
Machado is currently slashing .300/.323/.500 with six doubles, four runs scored and seven RBI through 30 at-bats.