Logistically, they’re only 75 miles from Detroit.
From a baseball-skills perspective, they’re a bit farther. But that promotion to Triple-A Toledo that came Sunday for Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson, Ryan Kreidler, and Brady Policelli, was about the Tigers’ plans for 2022 and beyond, and where they see at least three of the above as spring camp convenes in February.
“It really hit me, just sitting on the couch: ‘Wow, we’re one more step to the big leagues,’” Greene said Tuesday morning during a Zoom interview that also featured Torkelson. “It makes you hungrier, makes you want to make it that much more.