He knew months ago the Tigers and Detroit might be his big-league home.
But for Spencer Torkelson, a few tasks lay ahead.
Most urgently, he had to hit and perform worthy of seducing the Tigers with that first overall draft pick set to be announced tonight at 7 when the 2020 Major League Baseball draft (MLB Network, ESPN) is called to order.
In the interim, Torkelson only hoped the Tigers would stick with a 20-year-old right-handed-batting muscleman, even after his Arizona State baseball season was canceled in early March because of a pandemic that picked 2020 to wield its evil ways.