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Detroit Tigers: The 2020 Outfield Situation Looks Rough

By Tyler Kotila

OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 07: Christin Stewart #14 of the Detroit Tigers catches a fly ball hit off the bat of Robbie Grossman (not pictured) of the Oakland Athletics during the fourth inning at the RingCentral Coliseum on September 7, 2019 in Oakland, California. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-2. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - SEPTEMBER 07: Christin Stewart #14 of the Detroit Tigers catches a fly ball hit off the bat of Robbie Grossman (not pictured) of the Oakland Athletics during the fourth inning at the RingCentral Coliseum on September 7, 2019 in Oakland, California. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-2. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images) /
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The Detroit Tigers are still in need of a corner outfielder as free agency drags on because the current outlook is not pretty. The Tigers outfield is not a deep one, even on a rebuilding team, the prospects are not entirely ready for stints with the big league club.

The way it seems, the Detroit Tigers may have spent $16.1 million this offseason on major league contracts, but they still need to beef up their outfield by adding one more. Currently, the outfield lacks depth with the names they do have, and 2020 seems like it’s going to be rough for the Tigers as expected. So as it stands, who do the Tigers have in the outfield?

JaCoby Jones

After a season hampered by injury, Jones played in eighty-eight games for the Tigers, producing a .235/.430/.310 slash line with eleven home runs and twenty-six RBI. He is entering the 2020 season at the age of twenty-seven and is slotted to be the everyday centerfielder for the Tigers.

Jones has struggled at the plate in the past, and hopefully, he can get the average up in 2020 and start to show some progression as the Tigers centerfielder. The sneaky part about Jones is his speed element, he is no Rickey Henderson, but he could add several steals to his statistics.

Christin Stewart

In 2019 Tigers fans got their glimpse of Stewart in all his glory in the big leagues, early on in the season it seemed like he would be a Rookie of the Year candidate until he forgot how to swing a bat for a while. Stewart would ultimately end up with a .233/.388/.305 slash line with ten home runs and forty RBI on the season for the Tigers.

The twenty-six-year-old is a left-handed bat who will spend most of his time as a defensively handicapped left fielder who has shown at least some improvement during his time with the big league club. Hopefully,  the prolific power that was expected in his prospect days will show up.

Victor Reyes 

Reyes is a prime example of a Rule 5 Draft pick that turned out in the Tigers favor. Reyes only saw the field in sixty-nine games in 2019 for the Tigers, but it seems that he will be the everyday right fielder for the Tigers heading into 2020. Reyes would go on to hit .304/.431/.336 with only three home runs and twenty-five RBI for the Tigers.

The twenty-five-year-old has a shot to prove he belongs in an everyday role if he can produce offensively this year for the Tigers.

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