The Tigers' new closer has finally shown Detroit the dominance he exhibited in the past, but his success has come in a new way.
May has always been a useful milestone in the baseball season to peruse the early stats -- see who was hot, who was cold, and to speculate about the reasons. And one stat in particular that stands out among the Tigers is the strikeout rate of Joakim Soria.
After a seven-year career of striking out 9.8 batters per nine innings, Soria has only recorded 5.4 strikeouts per nine so far in 2015.