Tigers To Promote Parker Meadow Tigers To Promote Parker Meadow
The Tigers announced this evening that they are planning to recall outfielder from Triple-A tomorrow. The 23-year-old outfielders first appearance will be his major league debut. Since Meadows in on the 40-man roster already, a corresponding move will only be nece sary to make room for him on the active roster. Meadows, the brother of fellow Tiger , was selected by Detroit out of high school in the second round of the 2018 draft. Meadows had something of a breakout season last year that saw him promoted from High-A to Double-A after just 14 games. From there, Meadows would go on to slash an impre sive .275/.354/.466 in 113 games with a solid 10.6% walk rate and a strikeout rate of just 18.4%. That strong season left Meadows as one of the clubs better prospects entering the 2023 season, with Fangraphs considering him Detroits while MLB.coms midseason ranking places him in the Tigers system. That discrepancy,
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