Detroit Tigers 2019 first-round draft pick Riley Greene speaks to the media on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Lakeland, Florida. Detroit Free Press
LAKELAND, Fla. — Riley Greene, with a straight face, said he couldn’t sense the excitement Tigers fans have over his performance in spring training.
That excitement also happens to be the same excitement that brought the Detroit Tigers’ No. 1 fan – president and CEO Christopher Ilitch – 1,100 miles to Florida recently to see how his top investment is looking.
“No, not really,” Greene said Sunday. “I’m just playing my game and not really thinking about it.