Detroit — There is a reason Tigers general manager Al Avila has been reluctant to publicly commit to naming the organization’s top prospects to the 60-man player pool.
While his desire is certainly to provide an environment for the likes of Casey Mize, Matt Manning, Tarik Skubal and Isaac Paredes, and even younger prospects like Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, to develop, sticking them on the taxi squad isn’t that cut and dried.
“You have to have enough guys on the roster that can get you through a season,” Avila said.