Reliever Zac Houston, our No. 30 Detroit Tigers prospect heading into 2019, is expected to start the year at Triple-A Toledo and make his MLB debut this season. Setbacks happen, of course, but after a dominant season at multiple minor league levels, Houston’s stock is rising quickly.
One could have written these exact words about righthander Bryan Garcia at this time last year. We basically did, in fact, but had to make a quick adjustment when Garcia underwent Tommy John surgery in February to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.