The Tigers have talked about an Ian Kinsler trade with the New York Mets. His arm strength is average, but he's accurate with his throws and seems fundamentally sound, although his error rate is higher than ideal (20 in 71 games at Frisco). Defensively, he shows slightly above-average range and good hands. "In spring training, while he was batting .400, Kinsler slipped on a patch of wet grass during pre-game warm-ups.Batting .304 at the time with a .412 on-base percentage (4th in the AL), he was selected as a reserve to the 2010 American League All Star team, his second All Star Game.Kinsler finished the season batting .286, with a career-high on-base percentage of .382.On April 2, 2011, Kinsler became the first player in major league history to hit a lead-off home run in the first two games of a season (giving him a total of 15 lead-off homers in his career).In September, Kinsler tied his own Rangers record, which he set in 2009, with his seventh leadoff home run of the season.He stole 28 consecutive bases without being caught, breaking his own club record, which he had set in 2007–08.In 2011, Kinsler was 2nd in the American League in runs scored (121; the fifth-highest season total in Rangers' history), 5th in home runs (32; a career high) and walks (89), and 9th in stolen bases (30) and extra base hits (70).His 136 career stolen bases through season-end were third-most in Rangers history, behind His 124 career home runs were the 5th-most in the first six years of any second baseman's career, behind On October 4, in Game 4 of the playoff series against the Rays, Kinsler led off the game with a home run, sparking the Rangers 4–3 victory over Tampa Bay to send them to the ALCS. In April 2012, the Rangers gave Kinsler a five-year, $75 million contract extension, with a $10 million option for a sixth year and a $5 million buyout if the team were to not pick up the option.Kinsler was an All Star again in 2012, for the third time.In 2013, Kinsler struck out once every 10.4 plate appearances, making him the third-toughest batter to strike out in the American League, and was the sixth-toughest batter to double up in the league (109.0 at bats/double play).In November 2013, Kinsler was traded to the Detroit Tigers for In 2014, Kinsler was named to his fourth All-Star team, as a replacement for an injured On defense, he led the AL in putouts (290) and was third in assists (467) and fielding percentage (.988), among all second basemen.On September 10, 2015, Kinsler recorded his 1,500th career hit, a single off of On defense, he was 2nd in the AL in putouts (289), assists (425), and double plays (109) among all second basemen.In mid-May 2016 he became the first player in Tigers history to hit home runs from the leadoff spot in the batting order in four consecutive games.For the season he was 4th in the American League in runs (117) and hit by pitch (13), 9th in power-speed number (18.7), and 10th in hits (178), as he batted .288 with 83 RBIs.On defense, he led AL second basemen in range factor/9 innings (5.09), and was 2nd in putouts (303) and assists (432), and was 5th in fielding percentage (.988) and double plays (109).Kinsler missed some time in 2017, going on the disabled list in late May due to a left Kinsler was named a 2017 Gold Glove finalist at second base, along with Dustin Pedroia of the Red Sox and On December 13, 2017, the Tigers traded Kinsler to the On June 19, 2018, Kinsler hit the 48th leadoff home run of his career, which ranked fourth all-time behind On July 30, 2018, the Angels traded Kinsler and cash considerations to the In 37 regular season games with the Red Sox, Kinsler batted .242 with 1 home run, 16 RBIs, and 7 stolen bases in 132 at bats.He became the only player in the American League to steal more than 10 bases, as well as the only one to score more than 60 runs, in each of the prior 13 seasons since 2006.On December 20, 2018, Kinsler signed an $8 million, two-year contract with the Through 2019, Kinsler had the best career defensive On August 12, 2019, Kinsler pitched for the first time in his major league career in the ninth inning during a blowout against the Tampa Bay Rays, pitching a scoreless inning, and then proceeded to hit a home run in the bottom half of the inning.
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