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Jarren Duran went 4-for-6 with a double and one RBI on Sunday.
Duran was a prime buy-low candidate given his quality of contact, but that window may be shut closed after he’s gone 7-for-11 with three RBI and a steal in his last two games. The 28 year old figures to be a catalyst for the Red Sox lineup again, and it was only a matter of time before he got hot.
Nolan Jones went 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run home run in a loss to the Red Sox on Sunday.
The surface-level stats for Jones are not great. He’s hitting .190/.311/.317 on the season with one home run and five RBI. However, he has hit second or clean-up against right-handed pitching, and many of the plate discipline and contact metrics look much better under the hood. You shouldn’t add Jones now outside of the deepest possible formats, but he is a player to at least keep on your radar in case the process stats start to carry over onto the field.
Logan Allen allowed seven runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Red Sox on Sunday.
Allen had gotten off to a strong start to the season, but came back down to earth a little bit today, which is not much of a surprise given how few bats he was missing in his earlier starts. Allen walked three on the day, while striking out two and posting a 19 percent whiff rate and 20 percent CSW. He is not a recommended streamer next week against the Blue Jays.
Javier Báez went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI on Sunday afternoon, propelling the Tigers to a 7-0 victory over the Orioles and a sweep of their three-game weekend series.
The versatile 32-year-old opened the scoring in the ballgame with a two-out, two-run double off of Dean Kremer in the second inning. Báez then drew a walk in the fifth inning and scored on an RBI single by Gleyber Torres. He also led off the seventh inning with a single, swiped second base and raced around to score on a two-run double by Torres. Báez has taken over as the Tigers’ regular center fielder and is slashing a respectable .301/.346/.370 with zero homers, seven RBI and one stolen base.
Gleyber Torres went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI on Sunday as the Tigers completed their three-game sweep of the Orioles.
Torres delivered an RBI single off of Dean Kremer in the fifth inning that extended the Tigers’ early advantage to 3-0. He then put the cherry on top of the lopsided victory with a two-run double in the seventh inning that made it 7-0. Torres is off to a strong start at the plate with his new ballclub, slashing a healthy .281/.338/.406 with two homers, 11 RBI and three stolen bases in his first 71 plate appearances.
Jace Jung went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday afternoon as the Tigers shut out the Orioles.
Jung delivered a two-out RBI single off of Dean Kremer in the sixth inning that extended the Tigers’ lead to 4-0 and chased the O’s right-hander from the game. He then raced around to score on an RBI single off the bat of Dillon Dingler. He’s hitting .143/.333/.143 with two RBI and a 5/4 K/BB ratio through his first 18 plate appearances with the Tigers this season.