Tigers' Hao-Yu Lee makes MLB debut: Hotel nerves to Fenway Park lights
"This is a big stage – and I thought he handled himself well," Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said of infield prospect Hao-Yu Lee in his MLB debut.
BOSTON – Detroit Tigers prospect Hao-Yu Lee was in a hotel with Triple-A Toledo on Thursday, April 16, in Louisville, Kentucky, when he received an unexpected call from Mud Hens manager Gabe Alvarez . Alvarez told Lee to meet him in his hotel room. "My initial thought was, 'Oh, did I do something wrong?
' Lee said in Mandarin, interpreted by Peter Lin . "I must've done something wrong, and my manager is going to scold me. I was pretty nervous.
" SATURDAY'S ACTION Tarik Skubal dances with destruction in Tigers' 4-1 win over Red Sox Lee couldn't have been more wrong. The 23-year-old learned from Alvarez that the Tigers were calling him up for Friday's opener of a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox, but his MLB debut wasn't guaranteed. It was a precautionary promotion tied to the health of Zach McKinstry .
The right-handed hitting Lee is valued by the Tigers for his track record of success against left-handed pitchers, so he immediately started studying Red Sox lefties Ranger Suárez and Garrett Crochet . "Being right-handed, and given our schedule, I think six of the next 12 games are going to be against lefties, so he's likely to be in and around those games," manager A. J.
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