Brock Deatherage Gets Promoted After Only 2 Games Professionally

Former NC State outfielder Brock Deatherage, made quite the impression in his first two games as a member of the Detroit Tigers minor league farm system. After drafting Deatherage in the 10th round of the 2018 MLB Draft, he was assigned to the GCL Tigers, where he was 5-9 with 4 HR’s, 6 Runs, and 7 RBI’s in his first two games.

As a result, Deatherage has been promoted to the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps.

Roster Update: Brock Deatherage has been added from GCL Tigers-West. Anthony Pereira has been added from @LkdFlyingTigers. Ulrich Bojarski assigned to @thecttigers.

— Whitecaps (@wmwhitecaps) June 21, 2018

Congrats Brock!