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Tigers potential top draft pick Riley Greene — 'It’s not normal what he does'

Riley Greene, a projected top-10 pick in MLB draft, singles off Brennan Malone, a prospect with a projected 1st-round pick with a 96 mph fastball Riley Greene, Detroit Free Press

The messages popped into my phone late at night — one after the other — a series of short videos and photographs of Riley Greene, an 18-year-old outfielder the Detroit Tigers could take with the No. 5 pick in the 2019 MLB draft Monday.

The first video clip showed a smooth, balanced, effortless left-handed swing, as Greene cranked a home run.

The second video showed another home run — “This one hit the top of the building in right,” Alan Greene, Riley’s father, wrote in a text.