A player’s first trip to the major leagues is always special, even if the circumstances are pretty far from optimal. The Detroit Tigers have been absolutely ravaged by injuries yet again and will be hard pressed to continue their solid play in May. For pitching prospect Reese Olson, this is an opportunity. For the Tigers, this isn’t really how they wanted things to go in general, nor for Olson specifically.
Ideally, Olson would’ve gotten another few months at the Triple-A level to continue honing his game before facing a major league lineup for the first time.