Pre-Deadline Rank: 18
Post-Deadline Rank: 8
Notable Additions: OF Zyhir Hope (Tier 2), LHP Kash Mayfield (Tier 3), RHP River Ryan, RHP Brady Smith
Updated Top 10 Prospect List
1. OF Max Clark (Tier 1)
2. OF Zyhir Hope (Tier 2)
3. SS Bryce Rainer (Tier 3)
4. C/1B Josue Briceño (Tier 3)
5. LHP Kash Mayfield (Tier 3)
6. 2B Max Anderson (Tier 4)
7. RHP Cameron Flukey (Tier 4)
8. LHP Ben Jacobs (Tier 4)
9. SS Jordan Yost
10. OF Cris Rodriguez
The Tigers had two of the biggest trade chips on the market in Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize, and the focal point in moving both seemed to be extracting the best possible headliner in each return package.
Zyhir Hope (No. 38) and Kash Mayfield (No. 87) are both part of the B/R Top 100 prospect list, and the secondary piece in both of those trades was a pair of Triple-A pitchers who are close to MLB ready.
Right-hander River Ryan, who was also acquired from the Dodgers in the Skubal trade, is technically still a prospect. However, he turns 28 years old next month, so his developmental trajectory obviously looks quite a bit different than anyone else on this list.