Around this time last year, Matt Manning was just trying to settle into A-ball after a quiet first full season as a professional. He’d been held back for extended spring training until June, and initial impressions of him when assigned to the short season A-ball Connecticut Tigers weren’t terribly reassuring. Erratic mechanics led to some deflated velocity readings and bouts of wildness on the mound. Manning rebounded once he got to West Michigan, putting it all together in his final few outings. But his outlook as a prospect was undercut by struggles which seemed to confirm the longer development curve expected for such a raw prep player.
Tigers prospect Matt Manning is wrapping up a superb 2018 campaign
