I was just coming to drop that article in here. He's a little young to be in the best shape of his life, but it is a great to see that he leveraged the things available from both a mental and physical side and he felt comfortable to talk about it. If he can take a step forward that would be great he is only 22 and Dingler was in Erie for parts of 3 seasons.
Confirmed Detroit Tigers prospects stateside for the 2026 Season:
- OF Cris Rodriguez
- INF Angel De Los Santos
- INF Nestor Miranda
- OF Santiago Pinto
- RHP Jhonan Coba
- LHP Anderson Diaz
Obviously CR is the most anticipated but I am interested in De Los Santos as well.
Briceno and Anderson listed among top 10 of their position according to MLB Pipeline.
https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/top-10-second-base-prospects-for-2026?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/top-10-catching-prospects-for-2026?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Interesting how other execs see the Tigers as an org when it comes to developing prospects.
https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/front-office-executives-poll-for-farm-systems-2026?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Toledo L 3-1
Meadows 2/3 K 3B
Lee 2/4 RBI 2B SB
Anderson 0/4 BB 2K
Cruz 0/4 2K
Watson 5IP H BB 9K
Lange 1IP H ER 2BB K
Erie W 3-2
Clark 0/5 K (hasn't been the same since he left with that injury)
McGonigle 0/4 2K
Briceno 2/4 2K
Sears 6IP 7H 2ER BB 3K
WM L 6-2
Pacheco 0/3 BB 2K
Strong 1/4 3K
Lakeland W 3-1
Goodman 0/2 2BB
Dumesnil 0/2 2BB 2K 2SB
Rucker 0/4 2K
Reyes 3IP 2H 0ER BB 3K
Diaz 1IP BB
Mota 2IP H 3K
The one thing to note this is his first real healthy season in a while but he is also not a great defensive catcher from what I have read so he may be more of a DH/1B type. Still he is mashing AAA pitching and he mashed AA pitching as well.