While first baseman and power hitter extraordinaire, Spencer Torkelson, rightly drew most of the ink in the Detroit Tigers’ 2020 draft class, he wasn’t the only Arizona State product the organization selected. Torkelson’s teammate, infielder Gage Workman, was the club’s fourth round pick. In his first year of pro ball, Workman showed the ability to stick at the shortstop position, as well as above average raw power. The question is whether he’ll be able to eventually hit major league pitching well enough to get to it.
Over the last 10 years, the Tigers have had very little success developing position players who didn’t arrive as top tier amateur hitters like Torkelson or Riley Greene.