Amid tall cactus and short bus rides that make the Arizona Fall League distinct from other minor-league baseball ventures, Tigers prospects are getting graduate-level schooling with the Mesa Solar Sox.
Results, for the most part, have been upbeat.
Daz Cameron, for example. A lad who could be the Tigers’ starting center fielder in 2020 is doing just fine: .286 in 12 games, with a .434 on-base average, courtesy of 11 walks.
Gregory Soto has work to do with the strike zone, but a man who probably is the Tigers’ best left-handed pitching project has thrown in four games spanning 16 innings, with 15 strikeouts, 13 hits, a 3.