BYB 2021 Tigers Prospect #24: Alex Lange is an intriguing bullpen candidate
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For many prospects, the cancelled 2020 minor league season was a lost year of development that could have major negative career implications. Minor league contraction may force some aggressive promotions, while the levels of access to quality training have varied wildly from player to player with MLB’s developmental pipeline shut down for much of the year. However, for some pitching prospects, they may ultimately benefit from the season off. Alex Lange could be one of them.
We ranked Alex Lange as the #27 prospect in the Tigers farm system entering the 2020 season, but we’ve moved him up to 24th this preseason, despite Detroit adding another strong draft class. Given the limited information available throughout the pandemic, this shift in the rankings can essentially be explained by the fact that Lange’s velocity showed a bump last
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This is the third in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for
This is the third in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs Steamer 600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2021. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting pitchers and 65 innings for relievers taking into account age, past performance and previous Minor League levels, among other factors. Because of the canceled Minor League season in 2020, all players included in the team tables below are ranked prospects who either played at Class A Advanced or above in 2019, sit on their organization s 40-man roster or are placed among MLB.