Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
With the Super Bowl now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in just a few days, the 2021 baseball season is ready to get underway. To kick off our preseason coverage of your Detroit Tigers, it is time for the annual ritual, as we present our ranking of the Tigers top 30 prospects.
This year’s edition was certainly made trickier than normal as so many of the club’s prospects saw no game action in 2020. There were hints from the alternate site training camp in Toledo back in August and September, as well as from the development camp in Lakeland in October. Overall, most were hidden from view over the past year, and that makes it particularly difficult to rank players. A year is a huge amount of time in a young player’s development.
AL Central teams at the start of spring training
By The Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021 GMT
2020: 36-24, first place, lost to Houston in first round of playoffs.
Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida.
Park: Hammond Stadium at CenturyLink Sports Complex.
First Workout: Feb. 19/23.
He’s Here: SS Andrelton Simmons, RHP Alex Colomé, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Hansel Robles, RHP Shaun Anderson, RHP Ian Hamilton, OF Keon Broxton, LHP Andrew Albers.
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He’s Outta Here: LF Eddie Rosario, RHP Sergio Romo, RHP Trevor May, RHP Jake Odorizzi, INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez, LHP Rich Hill, RHP Tyler Clippard, RHP Matt Wisler, INF Ehire Adrianza, C Alex Avila.