Detroit Tigers: Prospect News Abound Amidst Rebuild

Here at The Corner, we round up Detroit Tigers news and rumors around the Tigers blogosphere so that you don’t spend hours surfing the web searching.

The Detroit Tigers have another top prospect list out. This time it’s from SB Nation’s Minor League Ball. You can view who they think the top twenty prospects are over here. Not all the prospects the Tigers have will be around. Andy Patton writes about the prospects entering make or break seasons.

Our latest in our Future Friday series is out today. This week Andy Patton takes a look at Tigers prospect Gregory Soto. Bless you Boys ranks Soto as the Tigers 12th best prospect. Austin Green writes about Alex Faedo and the journey he’ll have to navigate through the minor leagues.

The Tigers southpaws have had bad luck this week. 3 of the lefties have been injured and all will get statuses updates today, writes Evan Woodbery. One of them was Travis Wood. Wood suffered a torn ACL, and is weighing his surgery options. He will be out for the season.

Nicholas Castellanos had some success while ending the 2017 campaign. He’s looking to continue from that late-season success.

The Tigers traded away Ian Kinsler during the off-season. Rob Low writes about who will fill his gap at second base this year.

Next: Prospects entering make-or-break seasons

The Tigers have been in rebuild mode before. Jim Kramer writes that Tigers fans shouldn’t expect the team to be in the World Series anytime soon. Kramer also thinks that the team should start deploying more sabermetric methods in their defense.

The Tigers have had a number of World Series titles over the years. We ranked each one from worst-best. Former Tiger Justin Verlander called out MLB over the recent revelation of juiced baseballs.  He’s fine with the balls being juiced, just not with MLB lying about it. Jason Beck writes that the Ron Gardenhire should consider carrying three catchers this season.