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7/10/25 | Tigers Add To Talented Prep Hitter Pipeline in New MLB Mock Draft. The 2025 MLB draft features a strong class of prep hitters, and the Detroit Tigers, perhaps more than any other team, are positioned to capitalize on that. After making the playoffs for the first time in 10 seasons in their 2024 campaign, the Tigers will now pick outside of the top 20 for the first time since 2015. Detroit has the No. 24 overall pick and will look to bolster a stellar farm system that has five prospects inside the top 100. In the last two drafts, they've hit on first-round picks Bryce Rainer, Max Clark, and Kevin McGonigle, who have all translated immediately well to the pro level. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/tigers-add-tale... |
6/08/25 | Henning: Rainer injury puts Tigers prospects Montilla, Hadeen in spotlight. Their best player is gone for the rest of this baseball season. Lakeland's Flying Tigers, the Tigers' low-Single A farm link, are scrambling to fill Bryce Rainer's void at shortstop, and as the best hitter in manager Rene Rivera's lineup. Rainer, 19, was batting .288/.383/.488/.831, with five home runs, when he dislocated his shoulder Tuesday in a game at Lakeland. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger... |
6/07/25 | Tigers prospect Bryce Rainer will have season-ending shoulder surgery. Detroit Tigers infield prospect Bryce Rainer will have season-ending shoulder surgery after an injury earlier this week. Rainer dislocated his right shoulder diving back into first base while playing for Class-A Lakeland in the Florida State League. The Tigers announced he is expected to be ready for spring training in 2026. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/tigers-prospect-b... |
6/06/25 | Tigers Hot Hitting Prospect to Miss Season with Shoulder Surgery. It was the news the Detroit Tigers didn't want to get about one of their top prospects, Bryce Rainer. Per The Athletic's Cody Stavehagen, the Tigers have opted to let Rainer have surgery for a dislocated right shoulder, which he suffered on Tuesday with the Tigers' Class-A team in Lakeland. Per his post on X (formerly Twitter), Detroit expects Rainer to be ready for spring training next February. Selected No. 11 overall last year out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, Calif., he hails from the same high school that produced current Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/tigers-hot-hitt... |
6/04/25 | Detroit Tigers prospect Bryce Rainer suffers right shoulder injury in Low-A Lakeland. The Detroit Tigers selected shortstop Bryce Rainer with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. He is hitting .288 in 35 games for Low-A Lakeland. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/detroit-tigers-pr... |
5/11/25 | Bryce Rainer Fastest-Rising Tigers Prospect Among MLB Industry Experts. The Detroit Tigers have invested heavily in the development of high school infielders with high draft picks. Bryce Rainer is making them look smart. Baseball America re-ranked its Top 100 prospects for the first time this season and five Tigers made the list, including Rainer, who was the Tigers' first-round pick last July. While the other four Top 100 prospects only experienced slight changes in their ranking, Rainer was the one that truly moved from his preseason rankings. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/bryce-rainer-fa... |
5/04/25 | Bryce Rainer is learning in all ways Tigers life and a rookie's realities. Given what he experienced six pitches into his first official professional baseball game, Bryce Rainer's early spring for the Single A Lakeland Flying Tigers has been all the more imposing. On the mound was a left-handed starter named Griffin Herring, who a year ago was pitching for Louisiana State. At bat was a 20-year-old shortstop who last July was the Tigers' first-round choice and 10th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Rainer worked Herring to a 3-2 count. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger... |
3/17/25 | Watch: Numerous Detroit Tigers Top Prospects Shine in Spring Breakout Game. The Detroit Tigers took on the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon in their Spring Breakout game which featured a lineup that was comprised of virtually all top-30 prospects. The most impressive performance on the offensive side of the ball for the Tigers came from a player fans are really just now getting to see for the first time; 2024 first round selection, 19-year-old shortstop Bryce Rainer. Rainer went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBI including an opposite field shot to left where he put it over the left fielders head on the warning track. Rainer came up to the plate again and brought in two more runs by going the other way for an absolute rip of a line drive over the shortstop's head. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/tigers/news/watch-numerous-... |
8/04/24 | Henning: Tigers get an early look at Bryce Rainer, big draft crop. Bryce Rainer, the super-skilled shortstop taken 11th overall, is there and not disappointing anyone. Twelve pitchers have been processed and, to varying degrees, are throwing bullpens and pitching in games, depending upon their early-2024 workloads. The Florida Complex League, the brooder coop where first-year players compete, closed last week with the Tigers winning the FCL championship in a sweep of the FCL Pirates. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger... |
7/23/24 | Tigers draft pick Bryce Rainer debuts in Baseball America's updated top 100 prospects list. The Detroit Tigers have a new addition to Baseball America's top 100 prospects list. Bryce Rainer, selected No. 11 overall by the Tigers in this month's MLB Draft, debuted at No. 91 on Baseball America's list, which unveiled its updated list Tuesday morning to include the new draftees. Charlie Condon, an outfielder from Georgia selected No. 3 overall by the Colorado Rockies, is the highest-ranked prospect from this month's draft. The 19-year-old Rainer is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound shortstop who played at Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger... |
7/22/24 | Detroit Tigers sign No. 11 overall pick Bryce Rainer to over-slot $5.8 million bonus. Bryce Rainer — the No. 11 overall pick in the 2024 draft — signed with the Tigers for a $5.8 million bonus. The slot value of the pick: $5,712,100. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-tigers-sign-no-11... |
7/16/24 | 'Days of Roar': Christmas in July for Detroit Tigers with Bryce Rainer in MLB draft. Mark and Evan sit down to discuss the Detroit Tigers landing shortstop Bryce Rainer in the first round of the MLB draft. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/days-roar-christmas-july-... |
7/15/24 | Detroit Tigers Newsletter: Counting the days — literally — until Bryce Rainer arrives. New Detroit Tigers shortstop prospect Bryce Rainer can't be MLB-ready soon enough. So how long will he take after being picked in 2024 MLB draft? Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/detroit-tigers-newsletter... |
7/14/24 | Tigers take Bryce Rainer, high school shortstop, at No. 11 in MLB Draft. A team that since the days of Alan Trammell has been chasing a homegrown, All-Star-grade shortstop believed Sunday night it got one in Bryce Rainer, 19, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound, left-handed hitter from Harvard-Westlake High in Westwood, California, who was Detroit's choice in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Rainer was considered, alongside Mississippi prep standout Konnor Griffin, as the premier high school shortstop in America. The Tigers would not have expected Rainer to fall to their first turn, at No. 11 overall. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tiger... |