Isaac Paredes entered the 2021 season ranked number 6 on our list of the top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects. We certainly weren’t alone in our regard for the young infielder.
Baseball America ranked Paredes as one of Detroit’s top-10 prospects in each of the last four years, and he maintained similar status at both FanGraphs and MLB Pipeline. He didn’t do much in his first taste of the big leagues last year, batting just .220/.278/.290 in 34 games, but young hitters almost always struggle.
Paredes was never expected to be a superstar, with most scouting reports projecting him as a potential solid MLB regular.