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View Comments If there is one word we in the Freep’s Sports department have read, written, read again, dissected and all-around pondered more than any other in the past four years, it is likely this: “Rebuild.” We actually thought it would be “Harbaugh,” but, no: Since May 9, 2017, there are 2,515 hits in our archive on “rebuild,” and just 2,230 on “Harbaugh.” (Another disappointing loss for Coach Jim, we know, but at least he didn’t have to go to Ohio for this one.) And kn...

Tigers’ No. 1 overall pick Torkelson to play ‘a lot of third base’ for West Michigan Whitecaps Updated May 03, 2021; Posted May 03, 2021 Detroit Tigers Spencer Torkelson plays in a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla., Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. PuskarAP Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Spencer Torkelson will make history as the first No. 1 overall draft pick to take the field for the West Michigan White...

share-square-1046069 The Tigers are staking their future on the highly regarded prospects they’ve drafted and developed over the past five years. If the club manages to pull off a turnaround, it wouldn’t mark the first time Detroit has taken the Draft pipeline to success. Here’s a look at the top five homegrown Draft picks in Tigers history: , second round, 1976 Key facts: Six-time All-Star, four Gold Glove Awards, one of three Tigers to spend 20 years with club, inducted into Hall of Fam...