Despite his status as probably the Tigers’ best hitting prospect, infielder Isaac Paredes is just now becoming a familiar name to much of the fanbase. He wasn’t one of the big ticket arms the organization has acquired in the first round of the draft, and he didn’t come over with the fanfare—or the baggage—of the Justin Verlander deal. Yet Paredes has done nothing but hit to an extremely precocious degree since his acquisition, and may be primed to storm the major leagues as early as September of 2019. In a system lacking in high-end positional prospects, he’s quickly risen to the top of the pecking order.
2019 BYB Tigers Prospect #3: Isaac Paredes is the most intriguing bat in the Tigers’ system
