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Locked On Detroit Tigers Podcast: Tigers Signings(!), Mediator Denied for MLB Lockout, and Baseball America Farm System Rankings. 34 minutes.

On today's show we discuss the Detroit Tigers two minor league singings, the Players Union denial for a mediator in the MLB Lockout, and Baseball America's ranking of the Tigers in their farm system rankings.
 
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Tigers SRD Podcast: The Voice of the West Michigan Whitecaps Dan Hasty stops by. 140 minutes.

Dan Hasty joins Chris and Rogelio to discuss the Detroit Titans season, his thoughts on the potential Whitecaps pitching rotation, how well the Tigers are developing talent from the lower rounds of the draft, listener questions and why Queen only seems to have the same three songs on classic radio.
 
Kody Clemens Has Grown Into His Pop. Kody Clemens?s game is built around pop.
Playing almost exclusively with Triple-A Toledo, the 25-year-old second baseman went deep 18 times last year in just 424 plate appearances. He knows what he brings to the table. Asked for a self-scouting report, Clemens began by saying he?s ?grown to learn that a good part of my game is power.?

Born to a baseball family ? his father is the seven-time Cy Young Award winner who shares his surname ? Clemens grew up swinging from the left side. That was a matter of happenstance, not of design.

?It just came out that way,? explained Clemens, who is No. 21 on our Detroit Tigers Top Prospects list. ?When I was young, my dad put a little bat in my hand and said, ?Hey, hit the ball.? I guess I stood up from the left side of the plate. It felt comfortable, so I kept swinging that way.?

The tutelage that followed was predictably based on the perspective of a pitcher. ?The Rocket? primarily taught his three sons ? Kacy and Koby have also played professionally ? about attack plans and how to approach at bats. Mechanics were never much of a focus.

Kody is currently focused on finding the right balance between his bread-and-butter ? pull-side power ? and being a more well-rounded hitter. Drafted in the third round out of the University of Texas in 2018, the 6-foot, 195-lb. infielder slashed .351/.444/.726 in his final collegiate season, but he hasn?t come close to those lofty numbers since entering pro ball. His slash line at Toledo was a relatively pedestrian .247/.312/.466.

?My batting average has probably been below where it needs to be,? admitted Clemens, who matched his career mark last year. ?At some point in the season I was in the upper .280s, but I kind of hit a little downward turn toward the end. One thing I?ve been working on is staying to the left side of the field, because of all the shifting that?s going on. I did really well with that in the first half, but then kind of got a little pull-happy later on in the season. But power is a big part of my game. That?s kind of where baseball has been for the past few years. Power stats are definitely valuable.?

That?s good news for Clemens and the Tigers. Middle infielders who provide pop while also playing solid defense are an asset for any team. His ceiling may not be particularly high, but the potential for Clemens to be a valuable role player is clearly there.

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