The Detroit Tigers high water mark in top 100 prospects came prior to the 2021 season, when Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Matt Manning, Spencer Torkelson, and Riley Greene were all represented on most top national lists. With all those players now long graduated, and joined by other top 100 guys like Colt Keith and Parker Meadows, at least according to some lists, one might begin to worry that the farm system is starting to run on empty. That is, unless you’ve been paying attention the past two years.
Al Avila left Scott Harris with plenty of under-developed talent, and his final two first rounders, RHP Jackson Jobe and 3B Jace Jung, are both present on top 100 lists, as they were to start the year.