Detroit – Tigers general manager Al Avila christened a new season of the weekly Tiger Talk program on 97.1 FM on Thursday night with a couple of tasty bits of organizational insight.
Interviewed by Dan Dickerson and Pat Caputo, Avila projected the starting spots for top prospects Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene. Avila said Torkelson, the first overall pick in the 2020 draft, would likely begin the season at High-A West Michigan, while Greene, just 20 years old and the fifth overall pick in 2019, will start a rung higher, at Double-A Erie.
“Don’t hold me to this,” he said with a chuckle.