For most of the past decade, a relief prospect the quality of righthander Zac Houston would have checked in just outside the Detroit Tigers’ top 10 list, if not higher. While he does not have the high-caliber arm possessed by Joe Jimenez, for example, Houston has the stuff to succeed at the major league level. After a dominant 2018 season that saw him settle in as the closer for the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, Houston is now knocking at the door of his first major league call-up.
So, the fact that Houston checks in 30th on BYB’s 2019 rankings could be seen as a bit of a slight.