Detroit Tigers: Five Prospects Who Could Break Into Top-100 Rankings

Five of the Detroit Tigers' six draft picks in the 2020 MLB draft participated in instructional league play in Lakeland, Florida.
Five of the Detroit Tigers' six draft picks in the 2020 MLB draft participated in instructional league play in Lakeland, Florida. /
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Detroit Tigers Potential Top-100 Prospect – Parker Meadows

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LAKELAND, FL – Detroit Tigers prospect Parker Meadows looks on. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

The Detroit Tigers took Parker Meadows with the 44th overall pick in the 2018 draft, but they gave him the 28th highest bonus because they believed he was a true 5-tool talent. He still has those tools — the range and arm to be a plus outfield defender, and the power and speed to be a 20-20 threat in his prime — but he didn’t show much of a hit tool in 2019. And then the 2020 season was canceled, so we never got the chance to see if he improved last year. If he can figure out the hit tool, then it’s not hard to see Meadows rocketing into top-100 status.