Port Charlotte, Fla. — Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias is breaking in a new double-play partner in Dixon Machado, and it’s not as simple as you might think.
“It’s fine,” Iglesias said before the Tigers played the Rays. “It’s just, he’s got to adjust to that base. He’s played there before, but playing there every single day at the level we want, we’ve got work to do.”
For 233 games over the last two years, Iglesias turned double plays at second base with Ian Kinsler. They were as smooth a combination as you could want. They knew each other’s tendencies.