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Slugger Brad Eldred already had one stint with the Tigers this season. If he keeps tearing up Triple A pitching, he could find his way back to Detroit in a hurry.

When a future World Series winner last began to emerge in Detroit, Lance Parrish was the first prime-time position prospect to show up, in 1977, followed that same year by a steady teenage shortstop named Alan Trammell and his second-base sidekick Lou Whitaker.

Tigers' Nick Castellanos swings the bat during a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays on March 5 in Lakeland, Fla.

OK, so it's day two of our 20-day, 40-player introduction of current Tigers listed on the club's 40-man roster headed into spring training.

Detroit Tigers baseball begins three weeks from Friday as the Tigers play their first game of spring training in Lakeland, Florida.