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Detroit Tigers Minor League Report: Week 6

By Rob Low

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: A detail of a Detroit Tigers hat and glove are seen during warm ups against the New York Yankees during Game Five of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on October 6, 2011 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 06: A detail of a Detroit Tigers hat and glove are seen during warm ups against the New York Yankees during Game Five of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on October 6, 2011 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /
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LAKELAND, FL – MARCH 01: A view from the Tiger spring training home Joker Marchant Stadium before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium on March 1, 2016 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Lakeland Flying Tigers

After a bit of a rough stretch, the Flying Tigers have started to turn things around. Lakeland has won four straight, and crept back to within two games of .500 at 18-20.

Faedo Roughed Up

For the first time in his young career, Alex Faedo was knocked around last Friday against St. Lucie (N.Y. Mets). Last year’s first rounder gave up eight runs on 10 hits and lasted just two innings.

Despite the bad outing, Faedo’s numbers are still solid. His ERA sits at 4.17, his WHIP is 1.06, and he owns a strikeout-to-walk ratio of nearly 5:1. It will be interesting to see how he bounces back in his next start this weekend.

A less-heralded right-hander for Lakeland has been Spenser Watkins. Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round out of Western Oregon in 2014, Watkins has been a solid organizational arm in his career.

2018 has been no exception. Mostly used as a long reliever this year, Watkins made his first start of the campaign for the Flying Tigers on Wednesday. The right-hander responded very well, tossing six scoreless frames with six strikeouts.

Earlier in the year, Watkins made a spot start for Toledo. While he ended up getting roughed up, having guys like him available to eat innings on short notice is valuable to an organization, even if he never reaches the Motor City.

The Offense

Back-to-back multi-hit games have raised Daz Cameron’s average to .279. While he hasn’t shown the power that saw him hit 14 homers prior to the trade that brought him to Detroit, he does lead Lakeland with eight doubles.

Cameron has also drawn 19 walks, trailing only another son of a former big leaguer, Cam Gibson. The duo has done a nice job of getting on at the top of the order. As of late, Gibson (.400 OBP) has been leading off, and Cameron (.373 OBP) has been hitting second.

Since touching on him last week, Chad Sedio has been on a tear. The former Miami Redhawk hit safely in all five games he played this week, including four straight multi-hit games. For the week, Sedio was 10-for-22 (.455), raising his season average to .331.

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