July 5: Greene grabs No. 1 spot on Top 100
Baseball has a new top prospect in Tigers slugger Riley Greene. The 21-year-outfielder jumped up one slot from No. 2 to No. 1 in the latest Top 100 Prospects list update.

June 17: Greene to make his Major League debut Saturday
Manager A.J. Hinch announced Friday that the Tigers will select the contract of Greene, MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 ranked prospect. The 21-year-old outfielder will make his Major League debut Saturday afternoon against the Rangers at Comerica Park. More »

June 16: Drives in a run with a double
Riley Greene capped off a five-run second inning for Triple-A Toledo with a one-out, RBI double. Other than that extra-base hit, it was a quiet night for the 21-year-old, who went 1-for-5 overall on the night. Gameday »

June 15: Tallies two hits, run scored
Riley Greene got back into the hit column on Wednesday, going 2-for-5 in Triple-A Toledo's win over Worcester. Greene doubled and came around to score in the sixth, his fifth extra-base hit of the year. He is now hitting .281 across 14 games in Triple-A. Gameday »

June 14: Goes hitless in quiet day
It's not often you see Riley Greene go quiet offensively, but the Tigers' top prospect was held off the base paths for the first time in 13 games on Tuesday. Greene went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts as Triple-A Toledo fell to Worcester, 4-0. Gameday »

June 11: Reaches twice in loss
While Triple-A Toledo struggled offensively, Riley Greene still found a way to reach base twice in a shutout loss. Greene went 1-for-3 with a walk at the dish, extending his on-base streak to 12 games. He has reached base in all but one game this year, with his only quiet day being his season debut on May 27. Gameday »

June 10: Drives in run in multi-hit game
Riley Greene had yet another solid game since returning to the Triple-A level on Friday, going 2-for-5 with two hits, an RBI and a run scored. He now has five RBIs in his 10 games with Toledo. Gameday »

June 9: Reaches twice in doubleheader
After rain washed out Triple-A Toledo's matchup with Iowa on Wednesday, Riley Greene had a fairly uneventful day in their doubleheader on Thursday. He reached base twice, once in each game, and scored a run in a 1-for-5 day. His lone hit and run scored came in the second game of the twin bill. Gameday (Game 1)» Gameday (Game 2)»

June 7: Singles twice in Mud Hens' win
Riley Greene singled twice and also scored and drove in a run during Triple-A Toledo's 9-3 win over Iowa on Tuesday. Gameday »

June 5: Goes 1-for-5 with a run scored
Greene singled, walked and scored a run in six plate appearances during Triple-A Toledo's 5-4, 12-inning loss to Columbus on Sunday. Gameday »

June 2: Greene hits first homer, reaches base three times
It was only a matter of time until Riley Greene got back in the swing of things, and the place was Huntington Park. Playing in his third game with Triple-A Toledo since returning from his rehab assignment, baseball's No. 2 overall prospect slugged his first home run, singled and walked in his club's 15-11 loss to Columbus.

Already with a single under his belt, Greene clubbed a no-doubt, three-run homer in the fifth for his first round tripper since last Oct. 1 against St. Paul. The 21-year-old is 3-for-11 (.273) with three RBIs and two walks since joining the Mud Hens. Including his two-game stint with Single-A Lakeland, Greene is batting .294/.400/.471 with a homer, five RBIs, three walks and a stolen base. Gameday »

May 12: Greene nearing clearance for baseball activities
Riley Greene, MLB Pipeline's No. 5 overall prospect, is scheduled for a check-up exam on his fractured right foot, which has sidelined him since the final week of Spring Training. If the results show the progress the Tigers expect to see, he’ll be cleared to ramp up baseball activities, including running, throwing and hitting. He has been swinging a bat on one knee.

“He’s about to be cleared to be a baseball player again,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “And that will be a sight for sore eyes.” -- Jason Beck

May 4: Greene's return may be a while
It wasn't the news Tigers fans wanted to hear, but manager A.J. Hinch told Detroit sports radio program the Stoney & Jansen Show that outfielder Riley Greene will not be making his Major League debut this month. MLB's No. 5 prospect, who fractured his right foot on April 2, is walking but not yet running. The timeline for a rehab stint is not yet clear, but the Tigers are sure they can't count on Greene's arrival in the bigs any time soon.

"Not this month, just to be brutally honest," Hinch told the radio program. "It’s not going to be May. We’ll continue to have him heal.

"It’s a slow heal. We knew the bone that he broke on the bottom of his foot is one of the hardest bones to heal, because of the lack of blood flow to the foot. So it’s slow. He’s out of the boot doing activities. We’re going to start to ramp him up. Timetables, who knows, but we’ve got to get him into baseball activities."

April 2: Greene fractures foot, putting Tigers' OF mix in flux
Riley Greene’s quest to be in center field on Opening Day at Comerica Park hit a tough-luck ending. The Tigers’ No. 2 prospect suffered a fractured right foot Friday when he fouled off a pitch from Gerrit Cole.

The fracture is not expected to require surgery, manager A.J. Hinch said on Saturday morning. No timetable has been released, but Hinch said he’ll be re-evaluated in a few weeks. More »

April 1: Greene exits ST game with foot injury
What had been one of the best at-bats in Riley Greene’s case to show he’s ready for the Majors might well end up slowing his chances to crack the Tigers’ Opening Day roster. Detroit’s gifted outfield prospect left Friday’s game against the Yankees with an apparent foot injury after tripling and scoring against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole at Joker Marchant Stadium.

The Tigers later announced that Greene underwent X-rays on his foot after exiting the game. More »

March 31: Greene makes highlight catch vs. Jays
Riley Greene watched how the blustery winds handled fly balls in batting practice Thursday and knew he was in for an adventure.

“The wind was insane today,” Greene said. “During BP, I was just sitting there laughing. There were fly balls hit to the middle of the outfield, and they were landing in the infield. So I’m sitting there just laughing.”

The joke was nearly on him in a rare start in right field. What looked like a routine line drive from Bo Bichette ended up tailing, requiring Greene to make a leaping highlight catch to deny the Blue Jays at least one run and help starting pitcher Matt Manning out of a jam.

“I thought it was hit right at him, and then it started slowing down and drifting right,” Manning said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ It was a great play.”

Though the winds were gusting in from right field, Bichette’s line drive had an exit velocity of 107.4 miles per hour according to Statcast. It also didn’t have much altitude.

“I kind of just sat there, because I was trying to see what it was going to do. I thought it was just routine; it was going to fade towards the line and I was in the right spot. And it kept going, so I had to recover, and I laid out and caught it.

“In BP, balls were kind of dying. That ball took off.”

A higher-hit ball from Santiago Espinal the next inning did die between Greene and first baseman Spencer Torkelson for a single. Greene enacted his revenge at the plate with a line-drive double to right off Blue Jays reliever Julian Merryweather.

March 30: Greene stays hot with two more hits
As Opening Day inches closer, Riley Greene's Grapefruit League performance will be harder for the Tigers to ignore. MLB Pipeline's No. 5 overall prospect singled, doubled and scored a run in Wednesday's matchup with the Phillies. Greene is batting .412/.500/1.000 with five extra-base hits -- including two home runs -- five runs and four RBIs in 17 Spring Training at-bats. The 21-year-old has collected a hit in six of his nine appearances this spring.

March 29: Is Greene closing in on a roster spot?
As Spring Training began, Tigers officials were candid in saying that top prospects Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene would be given genuine opportunities to make the Opening Day roster.

One week before the start of a highly anticipated season in Detroit, the close friends are on the verge of fulfilling their dream of debuting together in the Major Leagues.

To the extent that Greene, 21, and Torkelson, 22, have been tasked with playing their way onto the Major League club, the numbers suggest they are doing so. Torkelson has an .851 OPS while accumulating the most at-bats of any Tiger in Grapefruit League play. As of March 29, Greene’s 1.383 OPS was the second highest of any Spring Training hitter who had yet to debut in the Majors (min. 15 spring at-bats).

“We want them to make the team,” Tigers general manager Al Avila told MLB.com. “That’s our hope. That would mean they’ve been successful and are in a position to help us make the playoffs this year.” Full story »

March 18: Greene goes back-to-back with Baddoo
Starting in center field and batting second for the Tigers on Friday, Riley Greene made the most of his opportunity by swatting an opposite-field tater on an 0-2 fastball, going back-to-back with outfielder Akil Baddoo. The 21-year-old was hit by a pitch in his first at-bat and was pinch-hit for in the fifth inning, ending a solid spring debut. Greene showcased his combination of power and speed in 2021, recording 24 homers, 25 doubles and 16 stolen bases in his first full season. Greene should get an opportunity to help Detroit contend for a postseason spot as he is expected to make his Major League debut in 2022.

March 17: Greene jumps up to No. 5 on Top 100 list
At long last, we are ready to unveil MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list. And with a full Minor League season in 2021, there are sure to be plenty of changes in this year’s list compared to a year ago.

With graduations, performances and an influx of new talent via the Draft and international signings, there was a lot to consider when constructing this year’s Top 100. For the first time in a very long time, the list is not topped by Rays phenom Wander Franco. And for the first time ever, the top eight players are all from the same league.

Franco was our No. 1 prospect for four straight lists, from the 2019 midseason to the '21 preseason rankings, before graduating off the list during the '21 season. He’s handed off to another shortstop, Royals future star Bobby Witt Jr., who leads a Top 10 that features eight American Leaguers, including a pair of Orioles and Tigers. Full story »

March 16: Greene ranked No. 2 OF prospect
Once again the list of baseball’s top 10 outfield prospects is loaded with elite talent. An outfielder has won a Rookie of the Year award in four of the past five seasons and it would hardly be a shock to see that streak continue as six of these 10 prospects are expected to reach the Majors this season.

Riley Greene, who moved up from No. 6 a year ago to No. 2, is the only other holdover from last year’s list. There may be eight new names on the list, but the turnover certainly doesn’t indicate a drop in talent. All 10 prospects rank among the top 52 on the overall Top 100 and six of the eight draftees were first-round picks. Full story »

March 11: Greene gets jump-start on spring at minicamp
For most Detroit prospects, minicamp was a head start on their Minor League seasons. For some, it was preparation for their first full seasons as professionals. For Ryan Kreidler, Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene and perhaps others, minicamp was a jump-start on what is expected to be a chance in Spring Training with the big club, and an opportunity to begin staking a claim on a spot in Detroit, either as part of the Opening Day roster or during the season.

It’s a unique situation created by roster status and experience level. While the trio is expected to be part of Major League camp as non-roster invitees, none of the players are on the 40-man roster. Since they were all drafted since 2019, they didn’t have to be added last fall to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. Full story »