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...
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.
fill room strong
He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean.
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.
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.