Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

This is a great article on Tigers 2003 first round draft pick Kyle Sleeth, who after Tommy John surgery has fallen off of most people’s radar.  Sleeth is throwing strong in spring training so far and it’ll be interesting to see what the Tigers do with all of these arms.

Sleeth was solid in the Gulf Coast League last year but he got roughed up in Lakeland (21 walks vs. 7 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings).  It’ll be interesting to see what the Tigers end up doing with him.  A logical step would be to let him go back to Lakeland but if he’s arm is back, this is a guy who could rise through the ranks pretty quickly.