LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers didn't wait long to address the hole in their outfield created by prospect Riley Greene's fractured foot. On Monday, they acquired outfielder Austin Meadows from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for 23-year-old infield prospect Isaac Paredes and a 2022 competitive round-B draft pick (slated to fall somewhere in the 60s overall).
Meadows, the older brother of Tigers outfield prospect Parker Meadows, was an AL All-Star in 2019 with the Rays. That season, he hit .291 with 33 home runs. Last year, he hit just .234, though he still hit 27 homers in 518 at-bats.