Detroit Tigers Minor League Report Week 9: Red-Hot Mud Hens

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West Michigan Whitecaps infielder Trey Cruz fields ground balls during practice Monday, May 3, 2021 at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI. /

Low-A Lakeland Flying Tigers (17-35) Low-A Southeast West Division 19 GB

Team stats: Run differential -84

Team batting average: .210

Team ERA: 5.48

Newest face(s) in Lakeland: Trei Cruz

Lakeland went 1-5 against Daytona with their lone victory coming on Saturday night, winning 7 to 3.

After a slow month of June, Nick Quintana is off to a good start in July (3-for-9) and Trei Cruz joins Lakeland in time for a series against Palm Beach starting on Wednesday as tonight’s game was postponed.

Lastly, the Florida Complex League season, formerly the GCL, (FCL) kicked off last week for Tigers East and Tigers West. Roberto Campos, the 18-year-old international signing in 2019, made his debut yesterday in centerfield, and on the first pitch he saw, he hit his first professional home run.

Roberto Campos has homered in his first professional plate appearance. https://t.co/ryW7KZ4ZBI
— Tigers Minor League Report (@tigersMLreport) July 5, 2021

What. A. Swing. 😱

On the first pitch of his first professional at-bat, #Tigers No. 10 prospect Roberto Campos goes yard! pic.twitter.com/WQN79fapn1
— Detroit Tigers Player Development (@RoadtoDetroit) July 5, 2021

Ladies and gentlemen, Roberto Campos exists and is off to a good start.

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