Chicago — At some point during the Futures Game on July 16, we might get a glimpse of a future Tigers battery.
Right-handed pitcher Wilmer Flores and catcher Dillon Dingler, both thriving at Double-A Erie, were named to the American League team on Thursday.
“It’s two guys with wildly different paths to this game,” said Ryan Garko, Tigers’ vice president of player development. “Dillon from a Power Five school (Ohio State), a high pick and a name I think most people know who follow the Tigers.