It was a big day on Thursday for Detroit Tigers farmhand Max Clark, who picked up a game-tying single in Single-A debut.
The 18-year-old outfielder is the Tigers top prospect and was drafted No. 4 overall in this past July's draft. He is the No. 15 prospect in all of baseball already.
The following comes from his MLB.com prospect profile:
Clark is the best prospect to come out of Indiana since Bryan Bullington went No. 1 overall in 2002 and the state's best prepster ever. Gatorade's National Baseball Player of the Year, he was considered a potential No. 1 pick himself before going to the Tigers at No. 3 and signing for $7.7 million. Besides his physical ability, he has excellent makeup and a penchant for rising to the occasion, such as when he provided a clutch homer against Canada and three hits in the gold medal-winning game at the 18-and-under World Cup in September.
Clark has four tools that grade as at least plus, starting with his hitting ability, which some evaluators rate as plus-plus. He has a sweet left-handed swing and a mature approach that focuses on smoking line drives from gap to gap. He presently concentrates on making hard contact rather than launching balls, but his bat speed and projectable strength should translate into at least 20-homer power that he already hints at in batting practice.
While Clark is still a ways away from the majors, he could rise fast through the system and could eventually join exciting youngsters Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson in Detroit.
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