Al Avila
Al Avila
Al Avilais the current executive vice president of baseball operations and general manager of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball...
call continues guy midway progress reason season
If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in the season you couldn't call up a guy like him. He's close. He's close.
ball bat career final hitting product wants wherever
What the final product is going to be, I can't tell you. I can tell you he's hitting the ball well. His career with us has been pretty good. His bat is going to take him wherever he wants to go.
best easy gives guarantee help kid shot transition
You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid is going to make it, but it gives you a better shot if you help him along.
fill room strong
He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.
bad contact good knows strike swing
He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of good things going for him.
along good impressed role strides
His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, is what really has impressed us. It's good enough to where we feel he'll go to Triple-A and play a big role there.