Over at the Athletic, Emily Waldon looks at the current state of the Tigers farm system. As Waldon points out, only two of the Tigers top ten draft picks this year are currently active playing Single-A ball.
Also at the Athletic, Jordan Horrobin analyzes why the Tigers DFA’d Dixon Machado so close to the Trade Deadline. All-Star Weekend is also closing in and the Tigers have two representatives in the Futures Games. Matt Manning and Dawel Lugo have been tapped to represent the Olde English D this season.
The Detroit Tigers have agreed to deals with two international prospects according to MLB.