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Will Tigers' Derek Hill ever make the bigs? The bat will tell

A question is asked. The answer, in terms of a definitive forecast, is – today – impossible.

It has to do with Derek Hill.

As he wraps up another half-season of work at Single A West Michigan, does Hill’s bat show enough potential, even at this point at which a player can’t fairly be judged, to offer the Tigers a prayer he’ll someday play in the big leagues?

This is where you sense hesitancy, even as Hill, 21, and a Tigers first-round draft pick in 2014, has had a more upbeat August at Single A West Michigan.