10 Tigers Prospects To Know Beyond The Top 30 in 2025
Baseball America’s Top 30 Detroit Tigers Prospects entering 2025 are here exclusively for subscribers. The list includes updated scouting reports, BA grades and tool grade projections every player.
Inevitably, there are players every year who barely miss the cut when we narrow down the list. These players are all worth monitoring for various reasons and it’s likely some will either reach the big leagues in 2025 or enjoy breakout seasons lower in the minors.
Here are next 10 players to know in the Tigers system beyond their Top 30. You can find the complete index of players who just missed their teams’ respective lists here.
31. Paul Wilson, LHP. Wilson is the son of long-time MLB pitcher Trevor Wilson. Paul had a rough debut. His mechanics got out of sync with his arm often trailing behind his lower half. His stuff also backed up, as he sat 90-91 mph after sitting 93-94 and touching 96-97 in high school. Wilson showed as an amateur the stuff to be a hard-throwing lefty, but he heads into 2025 trying to regain that stuff and command.
32. Ronald Ramirez, SS. An athletic infielder with twitchy athleticism, Ramirez hit .343/.451/.429 in the Dominican Summer League in his pro debut in 2024. He should be able to stay in the infield as a well-rounded defender with solid potential at the plate.
33. Steven Madero, C. Yet another in a loaded group of Tigers’ catching prospects, Madero is listed at 6-foot-2 but may be taller than that now. He has a promising lefty swing, hangs in against lefthanders and has promise behind the plate. He’s far away, as he has yet to play in the U.S.
34. Trei Cruz, SS. Cruz is a defense-first middle infielder who will have to thread a needle to earn a big league role thanks to his modest offensive tools. He reached Double-A Erie at the end of the 2022 season and has spent the next two full seasons there. There’s more power in Cruz’s bat than many players of his profile and he does play everywhere, as he played center field and second and third base the past two seasons in addition to primarily playing shortstop.
35. Thomas Bruss, RHP. Bruss has a big arm, as he’ll touch 98-99 mph and sit 95-96 while mixing in a promising split-change. He’s a reliever who’s yet to pitch above Low-A, but his arm gives him a shot to get to the big leagues.
36. Joseph Montalvo, RHP. The Tigers acquired Montalvo along with Chase Lee in the Andrew Chafin trade at the 2024 trade deadline. Montalvo saw his velocity pick up to 92-93 mph in 2024 and he has a changeup that will flash above-average to plus.
37. Seth Stephenson, OF. A member of the loaded 2022 Tennessee Vols club, Stephenson is a plus-plus runner who has swiped 139 bases in just 234 pro games. The speedy center fielder’s offensive impact is quite limited. He makes plenty of contact, but with well below-average power.
38. Roberto Campos, OF. Signed out of Cuba in 2019, Campos has slowly developed, but he is making strides. In a second year at High-A West Michigan, he doubled his home run output. He is a corner outfielder with a lot of fringe-average tools.
39. Sawyer Gipson-Long, RHP. After making four effective starts for the Tigers at the end of 2023, Gipson-Long missed time in spring training with a groin strain. He then blew out his elbow and had internal brace surgery to repair his UCL ligament. And with his 2024 season already ended because of the elbow surgery, he also had surgery on his left hip labrum. The Tigers will have every reason to take it slow with him in 2025 as he recovers, and his lack of velocity means he doesn’t have much arm speed to lose, but he is a crafty sinker-slider righty.
40. Zack Lee, RHP. Lee is a low-slot righthander who can sink a fastball that will touch 96 mph. That combination of a sinker and an odd slot could help him develop into a useful reliever.
