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Detroit Tigers' most important players for future: Riley Greene a huge part of rebuild

Because the Detroit Tigers are in the middle of a rebuild, the focus won't be so much on the 2020 season, but rather how the players will fit in the years to come. Here is our countdown of the most important players, both in the majors and minors, and how they figure into the plans:

No. 6 OF Riley Greene

The skinny: Greene, 19, impressed mightily in his first summer as a professional. As abbreviated as it may have been, the No. 5 overall pick in last year’s MLB draft showed he can really play center field and displayed the kind of power that Tigers fans can dream on.