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'I like to be perfect': Tigers prospect Riley Greene in pursuit of making a big splash

Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene talks about his transition from high school, to the offseason, to Single-A baseball. The Detroit News

Lakeland, Fla. — He swung his white Ford Super Duty King Ranch 4x4, with its big silver trailer hitch glinting in Florida’s afternoon sun, from a parking spot in front of Marchant Stadium onto a path bound for Lakeland Square Mall.

He pulled into a free spot, stepped from the Ford’s high-altitude cab, and hiked straight for the mall’s food court and for his favorite fast-order lunch spot: Teppan Express, an Asian emporium where Riley Greene ordered a mound of chicken teriyaki and a quart-sized cup of lemonade.