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Detroit Tigers Minor League Notes

Tigers? spring training facility, even if none of the players on the 40-man roster are. One player in camp that caught his eye is Gerson Moreno, who was selected to the club?s roster after the 2017 season. 22 years old at the time, Moreno lasted just a few months on the roster as he required Tommy John surgery. The Tigers released and re-signed him in the summer of 2018. His rehab period wiped out most of his 2018 and 2019, then the pandemic wiped out the minors in 2020. Last year, Moreno was finally able to get some significant time on the mound, throwing 49 innings between Double-A and Triple-A. His 4.59 ERA doesn?t jump out, but his 33.2% strikeout rate is excellent. It does, however, come with an elevated 13.2% walk rate.
The Tigers spent big already this offseason to upgrade their rotation and lineup with Eduardo Rodriguez and Javier Baez but haven?t made a big move in the bullpen. If the 26-year-old Moreno can take a step forward, he could give them a boost from within.

Other than Eduardo Rodriguez, the Tigers? rotation consists of hurlers they drafted and developed: Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Matt Manning and Tyler Alexander.

The next guy behind them on that path is Jackson Jobe. Selected by the Tigers with the third overall pick in last year?s draft, Jobe is just 19 years old and isn?t close to the majors, but is already drawing rave reviews. MLB Pipeline ranks him the 46th-best prospect in baseball and Baseball America places him in the 79th spot. One scout, who had nothing but superlatives to offer about the right-hander, giving Jobe?s fastball and changeup 70s and his breaking ball an 80, on the 20-80 scouting scale. Jobe is still quite young, meaning Tigers fans will need to be patient, but the scout offers this as the ceiling: ?If everything lines up, he?s the No. 1 starter in the big leagues on a championship team.?

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Wilkel Hernandez threw his first bullpen session at the Tigers? minor league minicamp Sunday. The right-handed prospect hasn?t pitched since 2019 due to the canceled 2020 minor league season and then Tommy John surgery in October 2020.
Even despite this missed time, Hernandez (who turns 23 in April) still has four years of pro experience, after joining the Angels as an international signing in 2015.
Hernandez came to Detroit?s organization in December 2017, as one of two minors pitchers acquired from the Angels in exchange for Ian Kinsler.

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