The Arizona Fall League wraps up this week, with playoffs set for this weekend. Here’s a look at where Tigers prospects stand:
• OF Zyhir Hope (Tigers’ No. 1 prospect, MLB No. 26): The slugging outfielder closed his AFL campaign on Halloween, batting .241 (14-for-58) with one home run, 11 RBIs, 14 walks and 18 strikeouts in 16 games. Five of his walks came over his final five games.
• SS Bryce Rainer (Tigers’ No. 2 prospect, MLB No. 44): The Tigers’ top pick from the 2024 MLB Draft played just eight games in Arizona, batting 4-for-27 (.148) with two doubles, three RBIs, two walks and 11 strikeouts, including 10 strikeouts over his final four games. In fairness, three strikeouts came against Reds prospect Luke Holman, who has been dominant this fall after returning from Tommy John surgery this season. Still, the numbers reinforce Rainer’s struggles with swing and miss this season at High-A West Michigan, where he batted .271 with 18 home runs and an .863 OPS but struck out 151 times in 429 plate appearances.
• INF John Peck (Tigers’ No. 19 prospect): The rare AFL prospect with Major League experience, Peck has batted .175 (14-for-80) with four doubles, one triple, two home runs and 17 RBIs in 19 games. He went just 2-for-31 over his first nine games, including some hard-luck outs on hard contact, before digging out of his slump with a 12-for-45 stretch that included some solid opposite-field hitting.
• RHP Logan Berrier: The 25-year-old reliever, an undrafted free-agent signing in 2025 after playing collegiately at Longwood and Maryland, has tossed 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball (a 1.17 ERA) with 12 strikeouts. It’s an eye-opening stretch from a pitcher who hasn’t averaged more than a strikeout per inning since Rookie-level ball in the Florida Complex League in ‘25. His 86-88 mph cutter has been particularly effective. He also has a 93-95 mph sinker while mixing in a mid-80s slider.
• RHP Jalen Evans: The Detroit-area native and High-A West Michigan reliever, signed out of independent league ball last January, has allowed six runs (four earned) on nine hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts. Two runs and three hits came in just two-thirds of an inning in his last outing Wednesday. Evans has a power arsenal led by a 96-98 mph four-seam fastball and a sinker, complemented by a low-spin diving slider.
• RHP Preston Howey: The West Michigan reliever, a 14th-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, has tossed 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits and five walks with 10 strikeouts. His four-seam fastball sat at 95 mph and topped out at 96 in his latest outing Wednesday, when he struck out four batters for all of his outs.
• RHP Maddox Long: MLB Pipeline’s Jesse Borek had an excellent profile on Long, a 6-foot-5, 275-pounder signed out of independent league ball in June who has opened eyes with his performance this fall. Long has allowed four runs (three earned) on 15 hits and six walks over 17 innings, striking out 14. All four runs came in his first two outings; he has tossed 11 2/3 scoreless innings since, including 3 1/3 on Friday. He has a 92-95 mph fastball to go with a sinker, a cutter and a sharp high-spin slider.
