Tagged: Detroit Tigers, Team Board, 2021 Detroit Tigers, scouting reports, Spencer Torkelson, Casey Mize, Riley Greene, . They also have a few potential relief prospects in Brendan White, Elvis Alvarado, a few others. Seems like a decent bet that former Padres scouting director Mark Connor, now the Tigers scouting director under Harris and VP of Scouting Rob Metzler, had a little say in this addition. Mirocke spent the 2017 season as a scout in the Milwaukee Brewers organization and had responsibilities with professional, amateur and international scouting. DETROIT -- The Tigers had a void on their Major League scouting staff to fill when legendary ex-Tiger Don Kelly left to become a coach for the Astros. One way or the other, they need some help from their group of minor league free agent signings and waiver claims and theres enough talent on hand to expect that one of them will be a big factor in the Tigers bullpen this season. As a result, the Detroit Tigers revamped front office is already making moves in terms of their organizational coaching staff. The stuff really isnt in question here, and while hes had issues with the walks, the sky high strikeout rates maintained a strong K-BB ratio for him. He's old school here it is, try to hit it and it just feels like everything takes off. "I hope all Tigers fans will join me in welcoming Rob and his family to our organization," Harris said in a statement. Hinch confirmed recently that he and the Tigers will retain the coaching staff in the same roles for next season. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"KuEKg12CuLPvDQsfhqJw8WK.BPdz3a4aErv7mMTtgRc-43200-0"}; Want more? Tyler Alexander and Rony Garcia arent really high leverage material, though they can contribute as middle relief and spot starting depth. He was responsible for drafting Shane McClanahan, Nathaniel Lowe, Joe Ryan and Taylor Walls, among others. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The Detroit Tigers have hired Tampa Bay Rays senior director of amateur scouting Rob Metzler as the organization's new vice president and assistant general manager, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Wisler is well known and likely had plenty of interested teams. Chicago White Sox Chi White Sox Cleveland Guardians Cleveland Detroit Tigers Detroit Kansas City Royals Kansas City Minnesota Twins Minnesota. If Wingenters health problems are behind him, and as one of the tallest pitchers in the game the back issues remain the primary concern, this is likely to be a real win for the Tigers. The Detroit Tigers announced the hiring of several new scouts on Monday, including a former executive with the Baltimore Orioles and a journeyman middle infielder. At the major-leaguelevel, the Tigers have promoted Steve Chase to strength and conditioning coach, replacing Chris Walter. Castro was back comfortably sitting 95-97 mph after averaging just 92.8 mph in 2022. He broke out with a really nice rookie campaign with the Scott Harris GMd Giants in 2021, even getting a good look at the postseason where he performed well in a bit of work. He also experimented with a cutter in 2022, but no matter what the fastball remains the bread and butter here, and hell likely continue to throw it around 70 percent of the time. Right-handed slider specialist Matt Wisler is the most obvious answer. This 25-year-old right-hander is a former Los Angeles Dodgers prospect who was converted to relief over the last two seasons. Akil Baddoo is a real-deal guy. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Again the 2021 numbers are from a fairly short debut in the majors, but he collected a fine 40 percent whiff rate on the curve when he was healthy and at his best. All rights reserved (About Us). The Tigers hired Metzler, the Rays' senior director of amateur scouting for seven seasons, as an assistant general manager Tuesday in Harris' biggest front office move to date. "It was something we had to consider for sure, with West Michigan moving to High-A," Littlefield said. Hinch was a tremendous hire. (AP). For his part, Wingenter tells the Freep that all the work to finally put this behind him has payed off heading into 2023. The managers at the top four affiliates Tom Prince at Triple-A Toledo, Arnie Beyeler at Double-A Erie, Brayan Pena High-A West Michigan and Andrew Graham at Low-A Lakeland remain unchanged. The walks and home runs came in bunches, and while the strikeouts continued to pile up at the Triple-A level, his 17 inning tour of the majors, his second look after debuting with the Dodgers in 2021, did not go well at all. "Both of those guys (Pena and Graham) are strong leaders and they do an excellent job of not only leading the staff and leading the players, but they are quality representatives for the Tigers in those communities. Kansas City Royals 2021 Prospect Rankings. If hes throwing the sharper slider back in the low-80s and commanding it well? "We spent some time looking around, but when you have Major League experience, it's a huge asset. That's where those things get implemented. Shreve was drafted way back in 2010 by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round and has always been a reliever even as a prospect. Now 30 years old, the former starter was drafted in the seventh round way back in 2011 by the San Diego Padres. After six years in Detroit as a super-utility player and a post-retirement tryout as a scout and instructor, Kelly has been promoted to the Tigers' Major League scouting staff. Toward that end, the Tigers announced a flurry of on-field and player-development staff assignments Tuesday, including the hiring of two former teammates in Detroit Doug Bochtler, who pitched for the Tigers in 1998, as their new pitching coach at Triple-A Toledo, and Kimera Bartee (1996-99) as the organization's roving outfield and baserunning instructor. Hinch held their player meeting with 21-year-old third baseman Colt Keith, the youngest player. The next development honcho in the system will be remaking all aspects of the staff, but the pitching coaches seem bound for a major overhaul. Based out of his home in Pittsburgh, he traveled around Detroit's farm system for instruction while going on assignment during the season to bolster the scouting ranks. Prior to his time with the Padres, Elliott spent 12 years as a Scout with the MLB Scouting Bureau. However, its hard to ignore how many pitching coaches in the system are being ousted here. As you can see below, the Tigers have released their Player Development Staff who will lead their affiliates in 2022. A straight slider with decent depth but minimal horizontal break rounds out the repertoire. Even despite balanced splits as a southpaw, Shreve has never managed to take that one step that would earn him a longer time job. Recapturing that harder, elite slider is the task this spring. On Tuesday, Brett Ghiroli and Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic. At that point, he was pitching high leverage innings for the Padres and looking like a potentially dominant bullpen arm for years to come. Jones, John Stockstill and Josh Wilson will work as Major League scouts, while Joey Lothrop, Steve Taylor and Matt Zmuda are joining the amateur scouting department as area scouts. Bochtler, who spent the last three seasons as the bullpen coach with the Padres, replaces Juan Nieves in Toledo. Less than 24 hours after the end of the World Series, the Tigers traded for esteemed catcher Tucker Barnhart, then flung $217 million at free agent pitcher Eduardo Rodrguez and infielder Javier Bez the latter of whom, at six years and $140 million, represented Detroit's biggest free agent expenditure since Prince Fielder a decade earlier. No doubt theres a clause where he has to be in the majors by some point in April or hell be automatically released to try his luck elsewhere. //]]>. Scott Harris had been on the job minutes, maybe hours, but apparently, not much longer, when on Oct. 6 he made his first big move as the Tigers' new front-office chief. While speaking to reporters at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis . So far Wisler is reported healthy, and he makes for a fairly simple evaluation. Induced vertical break numbers arent publicly available, but its a good bet that Castro posts a strong mark in that regard as well. The Detroit Tigers midseason Top 30 update for 2021. Prospects Live Staff. Nieves is now the assistant pitching coach under new manager AJ Hinch in Detroit. Jones. With the exception of the Triple-A International League, the minor league affiliates completed their 2021 seasons over the weekend. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves and debuted as a backend starter in 2015-2016. In his first look with the Tigers on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, we saw one very promising sign. Other than Wisler, right-hander Kervin Castro is my favorite project here. Chase has been in the Tigers player development system for 16 years, the last six as the minor-league strength and conditioning coordinator. Hitters whiff a lot, and they make a ton of very easy outs on weak fly balls and pop ups. Odds & lines subject to change. Video operations team members David Allende and Jim McKew will now be coordinators of player development. The 67 right-hander is now heading into his age 29 season, and hasnt pitched in the majors since 2019. Hes also been a little prone to walks, but if the strikeouts and weak contact return, a bit of a higher walk rate than wed like isnt going to hurt him too much. Blair came up through the Toronto Blue Jays organization and made his major league debut in 1990. The move, directed by president of baseball operations Scott Harris, comes one day after the Tigers parted ways with assistant general manager David Chadd. Wingenter averaged 97.4 mph in 2018, and 95.9 mph in 2019, has hit 100 mph plenty of times in the past, and like Castro features excellent extension to the plate. On Friday morning, Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris and manager A.J. They just dont do much damage. They're good enough to give you a tough series, but they're not at that 90-win level yet, and I don't think Javy Bez is the guy to lead them there. Wislers low-80s slider carried his strikeout rate well over 30 percent, his walks declined, and only the occasional burst of hangers that got crushed dinged the profile at all. He spent last year as one of Baltimore's Major League scouts.Jones joins the Tigers scouting staff after spending last year as a video coordinator in the Cubs organization. Catching on Haase's hitting ability (22 homers, .745 OPS in 2021) and positional versatility (he can also play left field and first base) make the Tigers a candidate to carry three catchers in 2022 in which case the likely third is veteran Dustin Garneau, who played 20 games for the Tigers in 2021. In addition, Sam Menzin, who previously served as Director of Baseball Operations, will now assume the role of Director of Baseball Operations and Professional Scouting. The Detroit Tigers officially announced Thursday coaching staffs for their minor league teams ahead of the 2022 season, along with introducing various newcomers to the player development. The changeup has a pretty standard spin angle, but deviates from it with strong horizontal action due to seam effects at 87-88 mph. The pitch had a 40 percent whiff rate in 2022, even as he struggled badly overall on the year. Veteran scout Dave Lottsfeldt was also hired as a regional crosschecker. To that pitching brain trust, theyve now added former kinesiology professor and Iowa head pitching coach, Robin Lund, as well as several new affiliate pitching coaches. We are very fortunate to be able to work that out.". At the minor league level, Gabe Ribas was hired away from the Dodgers to take over as Director of Pitching Development in the minor league system in the fall of 2021. 0:46. The team said that P.J. Bill Springman was the West Michigan Whitecaps hitting coach. In 2020 and 2021, this approach crystallized with the Minnesota Twins, and then the Tampa Bay Rays. A rebuild that sometimes seemed interminable finally appeared to have turned a corner in 2021, when the Tigers, following an 819 April, went 6966 the rest of the way, fueled by a young core constructed out of the wreckage of 2017-20. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The Cubs gave him a short look, but the velo and control problems persisted and they too designated him on September 5. The Tigers also fired scouting director Scott Pleis earlier this offseason. Most of his profile revolves around the fastball, and getting it back to 2021 form is the main key for a Kervin Castro revival. Scott Harris has stockpiled a lot of depth arms, but I like these five the best. He's been a Tiger as a player and was familiar with a bunch of people in our organization, including (roving pitching coordinator) A.J. At that point his slider usage went up to 70 percent, and his strikeout rate jumped from 20 percent to 26 percent, and then to 30 percent as he was dealt to the Seattle Mariners at midseason and got more and more comfortable throwing mostly sliders, using his low-90s fourseam fastball less and less, mainly mixing it in against lefties. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The Detroit Tigers 2023 bullpen will test their nascent reputation as a pitching development hub. He joined the Rays in 2008 as a baseball operations intern without a traditional scouting background, rising from the administrative and front office side of the game. DETROIT - The Tigers today announced several staff additions to the club's baseball operations department. This sets up a perfect platoon situation in Detroit, since backup Eric Haase has crushed lefties (.263/.301/.555). On Tuesday morning, the Tigers confirmed Metzler's hire. Hinch during their time in Houston. The reason I'm here in Detroit is to bring that same energy, passion and innovative spirit, culminating with winning baseball on the field at Comerica Park for years to come. A Matty Alou Rubn Amaro Sr. B Eddie Bane Larry Bearnarth Reno Bertoia Arnie Beyeler Max Bishop Wayne Blackburn Gary Blaylock Tommy Bridges Gates Brown Bill Bruton C "This was a very important hire because we had a guy in Gene Roof who was here for 35 years and was an incredible staff member," Littlefield said. Sager, who pitched for the Tigers as well as the San Diego Padres in the 90s. The first (partially) broadcast spring training game saw the Tigers power out to an early lead. The team owes him $32 million this year and another $32 million in 2023. Ive never really been on a team that told me how to use my analytical numbers, he said. Director, Hitting - Kenny Graham Director, Pitching - Gabe Ribas Director, Coaching / Field Coordinator - Ryan Sienko Director, Performance Science - Dr. Georgia Giblin Director, Amateur Scouting - Mark Conner Director, Minor League & Scouting Administration - Cheryl Evans Director, International Operations - Tom Moore If they cant do that, then theyre still treading water despite all the new hires and technology added. Still, he could be worth four extra wins in 2022, given his 3.6 fWAR in 2021 and Detroit's figure of -0.1 from their shortstops. I like the addition of Tucker Barnhart as the catcher, and Jonathan Schoop coming back is a really good sign. He is known for managing processes and incorporating an analytical approach. "We're going to hit the ground running to ensure our processes of amateur scouting at both the domestic and international levels are the best they can possibly be," Metzler said in a statement, "and search for the most comprehensive information possible to help inform our decision making. The 42-year-old. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Staying current is easy with Crains news delivered straight to your inbox. He spent 26 years before that with the MLB Scouting Bureau, 14 of them as MLB's pro scouting coordinator. Wingenters low spin, riding fourseamer is another with seam-shifted wake effects giving it extra carry and late, tailing life up in the zone. Against right-handers, Uceta leans more to his power curve, which looks like a slider based on the spin angle, but actually dives down more than hitters expect. GameThread: Tigers vs. Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m. Four Tigers prospects make FanGraphs new top 100 prospect list. Elliott joins the Tigers organization after spending the previous seven seasons as a Professional Scout in the San Diego Padres organization. Then theres probably an underlying issue with his arm that will be a longer term project to correct and the Tigers wont be adding him to the roster for Opening Day. Rob's track record of success with the Rays speaks for itself, and his innovative approach to talent acquisition will help us achieve one of our main goals: to acquire, develop and retain young talent in Detroit.". He also pitched an inning of relief. Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario finally received his championship ring. However, the real connection was made by Casey Mize, a fellow Auburn alum who recruited him this offseason, convincing him to give the Tigers a shot. The paradox at this level of free agent signings is typically that the pitcher could be good again if healthy, meaning theres real potential to land an undervalued player, but the fact that they werent healthy recently leaves them at higher risk of a recurrence, and thats the only reason they were available on the cheap in the first place. On the scouting side in particular, the latest hires are a mix of veteran experience with potential.The 37-year-old Wilson played pro baseball for 17 years, including parts of eight seasons in the Majors, before retiring last year. Detroit Tigers 2021: Scouting, Projected Lineup, Season Prediction. As a result, the Detroit Tigers revamped front office is already making moves in terms of their organizational coaching staff. In 2022, Uceta was picked up by the Diamondbacks and his control remained an issue. If all goes as planned, they will help try and push the Tigers to the playoffs for the first time since 2014. MLB Draft. Ever since Al Avila took over in August of 2015, the Tigers have ostensibly been focused on becoming much stronger in scouting and player development. DETROIT -- The Tigers had a void on their Major League scouting staff to fill when legendary ex-Tiger Don Kelly left to become a coach for the Astros. Shreve hasnt worked with all that many good organizations in terms of pitcher development, but hes also 32 years old. Stockstill worked for the Orioles from 2005-2018, rising to the level of director of player personnel. Castro elected free agency in November and signed on with the Tigers a month later just after the Winter Meetings. Five minor league signings that could impact the Tigers bullpen, 2023 Tigers player preview: Nick Matons a pretty versatile guy. Like the others weve discussed, Uceta clearly has good enough stuff, but unlike the rest, his control issues have remained persistent despite working with a top organization for pitchers in Los Angeles, and another good one in Arizona. Putting together a quality bullpen again without any notable signings, after trading most of their top arms, would be another sign that on the pitching side the Tigers are on the right path. As the Tigers have started their rebuilding efforts, they've been improving in "deep scouting," knowing other organizations' farm systems and identifying potentially underrated prospects.The Tigers plucked Elliott from the Padres, where he had been a pro scout for the last seven years. After an aggressive offseason that included signing free-agent shortstop Javier Baez to a big contract, the Tigers are hoping to take the next step towards contention. Its not a big active spin pitch however. In the teams growing analytics department, Jim Logue was promoted to director of analytics, and Drew Jordan, Maggie OHara, Shane Piesik and Danny Vargovick were promoted to senior analysts. After two seasons with the Marlins, Kelly announced his retirement in Spring Training and rejoined the Tigers in a baseball-operations capacity, giving him a chance to see what role best fit him. The club would probably like to keep lefty Joey Wentz and right-hander Beau Brieske stretched out to back up the rotation, but Garrett Hill, Alex Faedo, and Rule 5 pick Mason Englert will all have a good chance to contribute in the pen. Don Kelly played for the Tigers from 2009-14, and he retired in Spring Training after two seasons with the Marlins. One of the key traits shared by consistently good organizations is the ability to put a strong bullpen together every year, without having to make many trades or signings to do it. Overall theres plenty of depth to the pitch but the whiff rate is mediocre and when its in the zone, hitters tend to get the bat on it. After playing nine seasons in the Major Leagues, including six with the Tigers, Kelly joined the Tigers front office prior to the 2017 season, working in both Player Development and Scouting. After a decade of chasing a World Series championship with nothing to show for it, General Manager Al Avila's approach is to advance its baseball operations infrastructure and focus on the team's future. Sam Menzin, head of baseball operations, tacks on professional scouting to his title, while major league scout Jeff Weatherby transitions to international scouting, the team said in a news release. Click to order your copy today or purchase the digital edition for instant access. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)ASSOCIATED PRESS. There are worse pitching-development models to try to replicate than that of the Dodgers.

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