The Detroit Tigers haven’t had a big-name prospect called up in years. For years, the Tigers’ farm system has been among the worst in all of baseball, as former General Manager Dave Dombrowski chose to use his top prospects as trade bait.
Enter Christin Stewart, winner of three minor league player of the year awards. You’ve probably heard a lot about the 34th overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft, some of it good, some of it not so good. The strikeouts, the patience at the plate, the lack of foot speed and throwing arm in the outfield, and of course, the prodigious power not seen from a Tiger prospect since Nick Castellanos and Steven Moya.