DETROIT, MI - JULY 06: Riley Greene #31 of the Detroit Tigers looks on and smiles during the Detroit Tigers Summer Workouts at Comerica Park on July 6, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Detroit Tigers fans may get the top two prospects in West Michigan.
When the 2019 West Michigan Whitecaps season ended, fans got to enjoy the final month of the season watching Detroit Tigers’ top prospect Riley Greene patrol the spacious outfield of Fifth Third Ballpark. While the 19-year-old impressed defensively, the prevailing thought was that his bat needed a little more experience against Class-A pitching, and a likely return to the west side of the state was in the cards to open the 2020 season.