Lakeland, Fla. — I’m sitting here on an 80-degree Saturday afternoon in the press box at Marchant Stadium — or, rather, Publix Field at Marchant Stadium as the sponsorship dollars have determined.
An executive decision has been made that, in fact, you can offer some basic critiques and see clear distinctions in kids the Tigers have called to order the past 10 days. This, it should be explained, has happened at an Instructional Camp set to run through Nov. 8 and designed to salvage 2020’s wreck of a minor-league season.
Sharing these thoughts is done for reasons not entirely arrogant.