It wasn’t too long ago that the Detroit Tigers world was abuzz for Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, and Isaac Paredes to make their major league debut. Two of those three stuck immediately despite struggling in 2020, and then improved substantially in 2021. It was Paredes who didn’t seem ready through a short 108 plate appearance sample size in 2020. That happens, and of course the precocious infielder is the younger of the group by two years. He came back a little better this past season, but was still unable to produce at the plate.
For Paredes it was hard to find a place to break in.