BYB 2021 Tigers Prospect #28: Zack Hess has plenty of upside in relief
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Zack Hess had to wait until the seventh round of the 2019 MLB Draft to hear his named called. The right-hander out of LSU had a ton of talent, but he also had a very high effort and funky delivery that scared teams away. The Detroit Tigers selected him with a plan to transition him into a relief arm, and potentially a very good one.
Fast forward to present day. Hess has logged 22 appearances as a reliever, he spent a few weeks at the end of last season at the alternate site, and now he’s a non-roster invite to Spring Training. We’ll get a chance to see what his time at the alternate site did to help him during Spring Training.
Ranking all 72 Tigers on their chances of making the team (hint: Miggy is still No 1)
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A J Hinch s message to Tigers prospects: Ignore noise, go beat the game
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It’s common for our readers to want to know which of the players who aren’t on this year’s Top 100 might grace next year’s. Who has a chance to really break out? This is the piece for those readers, our “Picks to Click,” the gut-feel guys we think can be on the 2022 Top 100.
This is the fourth year we’ve conducted this exercise at FanGraphs, and there are some rules. First, none of the players you see below will have ever been a 50 FV or better in any of our write-ups or rankings. Second, we can’t pick players who we’ve picked in prior years. The two of us have decided to make this somewhat competitive to see which of us will end up being right about the most players. Here’s a brief rundown of how the site’s writers have done since this piece became a part of Prospects Week. You can click the year to go to that year’s list.
Detroit Tigers News: Goodbye football hello spring
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Football is over. I didn’t see much of the game, but apparently Tom Brady went out and did Tom Brady type things, Patrick Mahomes didn’t get a lot of help, Andy Reid Andy Reided all over the place, and everyone made funny jokes on Twitter about The Weeknd’s halftime show. We now have a shade over a week until pitchers and catchers report. Let’s talk baseball.
Spring invites
With pitchers and catchers set to report on February 17th, the Tigers released the official list of 55 players invited to spring training this season. You can get more particulars from the article, but some of the notables from the list of 15 non-roster invitees include the likes of Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Dillon Dingler, Kody Clemens and Zach Hess.