Spring training hot streaks are fun, but so often the fun turns to dust as soon as the regular season begins. Akil Baddoo appears fully determined not to let that happen.
Left unprotected from the Rule 5 draft by the Minnesota Twins, because he hadn’t played since May of 2019, and never above High-A ball, Twins GM Thad Levine didn’t expect to regret this. He may be regretting it now.
The Tigers took the 22-year-old outfielder with the third pick in the Rule 5, and he’s done nothing but drop jaws ever since. From an oppo blast on the first major league pitch he saw, to Monday night’s grand slam, he’s just been a human highlight reel since the beginning of camp.