PT TOMORROW: AL Central—Spring stars, scrubs, and in-betweens
Apr 2 2021
The “sure things” in the Tigers infield? Willi Castro (SS, DET; pictured above) will be the regular shortstop, Jeimer Candelario (1B, DET) and Jonathan Schoop (2B, DET) will be regulars, but not necessarily at their home positions, and Niko Goodrum (3B, DET) may find AB all over the diamond. Other than that, role assignments remain in flux.
Castro’s strong spring (.302/.346/.571 in 49 AB) following his mini-breakout in 2020 (129 AB) locked up the projected playing time at short, making Isaac Paredes (3B, DET) a casualty of the roster crunch. Castro may give back some of those 2020 gains (such as the 46% hit rate), but he remains a power/speed asset at a premium position. Paredes showed little of the power or patience in...
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