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Detroit Tigers: Rookies Progress Report

By Chris Brown

DETROIT, MI - JULY 14: Casey Mize #74 of the Detroit Tigers looks on and smiles during the Detroit Tigers Summer Workouts at Comerica Park on July 14, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - JULY 14: Casey Mize #74 of the Detroit Tigers looks on and smiles during the Detroit Tigers Summer Workouts at Comerica Park on July 14, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL – MARCH 9: Kyle Funkhouser #36 throws the ball against the Detroit Tigers of the Houston Astros during a spring training game at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches on March 9, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images) /

Kyle Funkhouser

(ranks out of 116 rookies)

GIPBB%K%BABIPEVERAFIPWARStat

11

14.1

12.1

15.2

.362

90.5

6.28

4.32

0.0

Rank

46th

66th

78th

101st

108th

101st

103rd

60th

71st

Grade: D

Analysis: Funkhouser has been worse than Schreiber in nearly every way, but he avoids a failing grade because bad batted-ball luck has inflated his ERA. On the plus side, Funkhouser’s stuff looks very good at times. He’s hit the upper-90s with a lively fastball , and he can occasionally unleash a plus slider. There’s late-inning potential here, but Funkhouser still needs to take big steps in terms of developing better control and consistency.

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