Detroit Tigers Prospects: Arizona Fall League Weekly Roundup (10/17-10/22)

Detroit Tigers Pitching Prospects in the AFL…

Diving right into it, left-handed pitcher Joey Wentz continues to be dominant for the team. He posted his third scoreless outing of the year, continuing to get the job done. After back-to-back Pitcher of the Week nominations, he put on a performance worthy of a third.

Wentz threw four more scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. He walked two and punched out three. This brings him to 12 scoreless innings over three starts in the 2022 AFL season. He’s allowed just two hits while punching out 14 so far this fall. He’s been absolutely dominant.

Tyler Mattison cooled off a little bit after starting off the first two weeks of the fall with impressive numbers. In the third week of the fall, Mattison allowed a run over two innings of work. Though over his two appearances, he did come away with four punchouts.

Mattison’s week three stats bring him six innings on the fall with nine punchouts. He’s allowed four hits, one earned run and surrendered five walks. Mattison needs to get back to his earlier performance, limiting runners and continuing to work in the zone, and commanding his stuff well.

The last Tigers pitching prospect who logged an appearance this past week was Jack Anderson. It was a step back for Anderson in week 3 of the AFL season. Anderson pitched in two games where he logged two innings.

He allowed three runs on five hits. This tarnished the good stat line he had on the year. Anderson has now given up four earned runs over six innings of work. He’s allowed nine hits and punched out just three opposing hitters.

This past week the Rafters opted to avoid turning to Matt Walker, who has pieced together two horrendous outings. The other three Tigers pitchers mentioned above found their way into games this past week.