Destinations of Top Tiger Prospects

In my last post, I abstracted the top ten prospect list from the Baseball America site and included a chart of the probable destinations of those players in 2006. Today, I’m going to add to that chart by listing the probable opening day destination of most of the top Tiger prospects. Please note that this list is not in any particular order and is not necessarily a complete list of top prospects. It’s just a list of the prospects that are being talked about the most around the net.

My projected destinations are based on reports from Baseball America (including the Baseball America Prospect Handbook), discussions among the minor league baseball gurus at Motown Sports and a little bit of common sense. I will try to keep this chart updated as April approaches. There are people on here who follow the minors closer than I do so feel free to disagree with me if any of the destinations appear to be off.

Table: Destinations of Tiger prospects in 2006

Player	Pos.	Age*	Expected Opening Day Destination
Justin Verlander	SP	23	Tigers
Joel Zumaya	SP	21	Toledo
Humberto Sanchez	SP	23	Erie
Jordan Tata	SP	24	Erie
Jair Jurrjens	SP	20	Lakeland
Kyle Sleeth	SP	24	Lakeland
Preston Larrison	SP	25	Toledo
Dallas Trahern	SP	20	Lakeland
Josh Rainwater	SP	21	Lakeland
Nate Bumstead	SP	24	Erie
Virgil Vazquez	SP	24	Erie
Sendy Vasquez	SP	23	W. Michigan
Kevin Whelan	RP	22	Lakeland
P.J. Finigan	RP	23	W. Michigan
Eulogio DeLaCruz	RP	22	Erie
Chris Robinson	C	21	Lakeland
Danilo Sanchez	C	25	Erie
Jeff Larish	1B	23	Lakeland
Juan Francia	2B	24	Toledo
Ryan Raburn	2B	25	Toledo
Tony Giarratano	SS	23	Erie
Michael Holliman	SS	24	W. Michigan
Audy Ciriaco	SS	19	Oneonta
Brent Dlugach	SS	23	Lakeland
Wilken Ramirez	3B	20	Lakeland
Kody Kirkland	3B	23	Erie
Donald Kelly	3B	26	Toledo
Cameron Maybin	OF	19	W.Michigan
Brent Clevlen	OF	22	Erie
Clete Thomas	OF	22	Lakeland
Jeff Frazier	OF	23	Lakeland
Matt Joyce	OF	21	W. Michigan
Vincent Blue	OF	23	Erie

* Age on July 1, 2006