Spencer Torkelson bats in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees in a spring training game. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was a guest on MLB Network Radio yesterday morning, and when the subject turned to Spencer Torkelson, Hinch said what everyone already suspected:
The experiment at third base was cute, and Spencer Torkelson was passable there. But he has now played 21 games in Toledo, and 20 of them have been at first base, with the other at DH. He’s the first baseman of the future, and that’s that.