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The Detroit Tigers' middle infield of the future: Willi Castro and Kody Clemens?

LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was hitting ground balls to shortstop Willi Castro on Monday morning when he noticed something significant.

Castro’s mechanics have improved tremendously.

“Some of the mechanical things that we talked about, about him having a hard time playing shortstop, they are gone — all in one winter,” Gardenhire said.

After seeing the improvements, Gardenhire is now convinced Castro can play shortstop in the big leagues.