2012 MLB Preview: American League

So technically the MLB season has officially begun. The Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics are tied for the best record in baseball. That is the last time you will see that sentence written all year--unless Yoenis Cespedes hits 100 home runs, which is entirely possible. Henno and Matt covered the National League earlier, and you can find that post here, and now they turn their focus on to the American League. So without further adieu...let's get ready for (American League) baseball!!!!!

Prince Fielder and the Worst Infield in Baseball

3rd Baseman? Sure

With the signing of Prince Fielder, everyone expects the Detroit Tigers to score a lot more runs next year. And they better. Apparently, for some reason that I cannot comprehend, the Tigers plan on Fielder playing at 1st Base and moving Miguel Cabrera to 3rd. For Cabrera, this may have been an okay move about 60 pounds ago, but now it is laughable. Cabrera's last stint at 3B in Detroit ended after 14 games. He had 5 errors in those 14 games. If he were to keep up a pace like that for an entire season, Cabrera would come quite close to the most errors ever by a 3B in one season. Fielder on the other hand is already below average at 1B, and will likely get worse as he gets older (and fatter). This could all be avoided if one of the players does not mind a move to the DH position, but I for one am hoping that we get to see at least one season of Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Jhonny Peralta in the same infield.