It’s been a long time since the Detroit Tigers have had a knuckleball pitcher on staff. In 2014, Danny Worth was the last Tiger to throw a knuckleball, but he wasn’t technically a pitcher. Otherwise, Steve Sparks was the last pitcher to throw a regular knuckleball for the Tigers, and he did not last long. The #17 prospect on our Motor City Bengals list mixes in the deceptive pitch and he throws it hard.
Joshua Turley is from Texarkana, Texas and went to Baylor University in Waco. He was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers out of high school and then by the Tigers in 2012 after two years of college baseball.