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Detroit Tigers News: Willi Castro makes good on a promise

Now that the Tigers are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs — much less a .500 record — the team will be trying to make the most out of the remaining month as well as looking forward to next season. As the final days of August and the minor league schedule tick away, the storylines are shifting to late-season call-ups as well as retrospectives of the current season.

Willi Castro fulfills promise to his father

Tigers top shortstop prospect Willi Castro comes from a baseball family — his father Liliano played in the Tigers’ minor league system back in the 1980s, but never made it above Class A ball.