Tiger players:
T Liranzo (88)
Raynor Castillo SP
Wilmer Flores SP
Jake Miller RP
CJ Weins RP
Josue Briceno C
Peyton Graham SS
Any idea why Rainer wouldn’t be included?
Fall league is usually for those guys they want to see face tougher competition or work on something specific. At least I think that is what they use it for, lol.
Rainer hasn’t played yet other than the backfields.
Flores went from huge prospect to what is he?
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I see.
I really just want to see Rainer start his professional career. I’m excited for the possibilities.
AFL isnt your team, trainers, coaches etc. Its a mish mash and you have a lot of org philosophies represented there.
First look and instruction on a guy should be w your people, IMO.
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Hey Tork…
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It has been a while since the system has had multiple hitters worth keeping an eye on. Hitters that seem to know plate discipline.
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LOL, beat me to it!
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One of the pitchers I’ve referenced from the Flying Tigers, now in AFL
Not AFL but probably the highest rated SP not named Jobe in the Tiger’s system
# Tigers bringing autumn heat to Arizona in Briceno, Liranzo
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…AFL rosters are full, given the roughly 200 players who compete among six teams, and lineup spots are anything but regular. Liranzo knows off days are common.
“On days he doesn’t play, he still gets in a ton of work,” Garko said. “Brayan Pena has been out there with him. When we send guys to the Fall League, we have a developmental goal in mind. …
…We did a lot of work in deciding on who would go to Arizona,” Garko said. “We were looking for players who had never spent much time above low-A. The list was small.
“We knew there’d be some tough pitching he (Briceno) would run into. But he’s getting his at-bats. We did real work with the analysts: Are we asking too much out of a player who had only 150 (151, specifically) at-bats above rookie ball?
“But we were comfortable, physically, he’d handle it, even when Double-A and Triple-A pitching that he’d see is more polished.
“But he just looks so good. You can see he’s more toned. And just more solid. You look at that upper half and you can see he’s tightened things up.”
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“We’re pretty excited to have two talented players in the system, up the middle guys, who can impact the game, defensively and offensively,” said Ryan Garko, the Tigers’ assistant general manager who oversees Detroit’s player development.
Briceno has been the higher-voltage bat, mostly because of power. He had three home runs in a single game on Oct. 12. On Tuesday night, against Salt River, he blasted a 419-foot bomb against a left-handed Nationals prospect pitcher, Matt Cronin.
“I think, internally, we all knew the season he had last year was pretty special,” Garko said, referring to 2023, when Briceno had a combined .319 average and .925 OPS in Florida Complex League games, as well as with low-A Lakeland.
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If there has been a knock on Liranzo — and there has been — it stems from some uneven work behind the plate. Garko says much already has improved thanks to teaching from the Tigers developmental coaching staff.
“On the receiving side, it’s just timing — and some of the moves with the glove,” Garko said of Liranzo’s issues. “Pre-pitch, getting the ball. He’s young. We have two good catching instructors, in Ryan Sienko and Brayan Pena, and if you look across the board (defensive categories), you see his receiving skills really improved this year.
“But the arm has real carry to it and real power to the throw. If you’re a scout, you sit up in your seat a little bit when he throws.
“We’re working on his footwork. He can power through it (attacking base-stealers),
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The Tigers shipped four pitchers to Scottsdale, all right-handed: Rayner Castillo (three games, 9.82 ERA), Jake Miller (two games, 13.50), Casey Weins (two games, 2.25), and Eric Silva (three games, 7.20). Of the group, only Weins (two games, 2.25) has respectable numbers, although Garko says statistics aren’t the Tigers’ focus.
“We send them out with a real plan in mind, so the results aren’t as important as the reps,” he said. “Rayner Castillo is not even 21 (next July) and he hasn’t pitched above low-A, so we knew this would be super-challenging
Damn, that Kid is really coming on.
I never understood why we were so weak when it comes to getting the international Kids. Especially when Avila was running the show.
Maybe this is a good sign of things to come.
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A little of the ol ultra violence, eh my droogs?
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