Gabe Ribas, the Detroit Tigers' director of pitching, was on the backfields at TigerTown, setting the tone.
"Bring positive energy!" Ribas shouted.
Ribas had spent the past four seasons as a pitching coordinator with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But now, it was late February and Ribas was working with a select group of Tigers prospects in Lakeland.
“Let's go!” he shouted.
In the midst of the MLB lockout, players on the Tigers’ 40-man roster were not allowed to attend training camp. That allowed the entire organization to focus on a small group of prospects.