Detroit — Turns out, the debate wasn’t whether or not to promote top prospects Spencer Turnbull and Riley Greene, as well as shortstop Ryan Kreidler, to Triple-A Toledo. The debate was whether to send them as a package or one at a time.
There wasn’t much pushback on promoting them.
“The organization really felt like the challenge was needed for those guys,” manager AJ Hinch said before the game Tuesday. “Getting to the next challenge, making them uncomfortable is good. They have to go to a new clubhouse. They have to go to a new level.