Max Clark and Bryce Rainer shine as Tigers rookies dazzle with standout debut lineup
The first thing you will notice is a couple of absences from the Tigers’ prospect breakout game roster.
Lakeland, Fla. – The first thing you will notice is a couple of absences from the Tigers’ prospect breakout game roster, which Major League Baseball released Wednesday ahead of the third-annual showcase event Friday night. Kevin McGonigle, the Tigers’ top-ranked prospect and No.
2 in baseball, is busy trying to make the Opening Day roster. Infielders Max Anderson and John Peck are also still in big-league camp. The Tigers have a Grapefruit League game in Clearwater that same day.
Catchers Thayron Liranzo (oblique) and Josue Briceno (wrist surgery) are both dealing with injuries. But even without those players, the Tigers will be sending an impressive roster of prospects, headlined by No. 2 prospect (No.
10 in MLB) Max Clark and No. 3 prospect (No. 35, MLB) Bryce Rainer, to their showcase game against the Pirates, 7:35 p.