It’s been quite some time since we checked in with Detroit Lions fans regarding their opinion of general manager Brad Holmes. The last time we polled our audience was almost exactly a year ago, following the team’s 2025 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, those poll results were lost to time (and a migration to a new content management system at SB Nation).
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Five Tigers make MLB Pipeline’s updated list of top 100 prospects
The Detroit Tigers’ rebuild trudges on, but their farm system appears to be accumulating a talented group of prospects.
MLB Pipeline on Tuesday night unveiled its reranking of the top 100 prospects, with the Tigers boasting five players on the list, led by outfielder Max Clark at No. 7 and righthanded pitcher Jackson Jobe at No. 8.
The Tigers are one of three teams with two prospects in the top 10, joining the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays, and are one short of the sharing the top spot for most prospects in the top 100, trailing the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins, who have six apiece.
Other Tigers in MLB Pipeline’s top 100 are infielder Kevin McGonigle (No. 33), shortstop Bryce Rainer (No. 61) and third baseman Jace Jung (No. 64).
MLB Pipeline’s reranking follows a similar update in late July from Baseball America, which placed six Tigers among its updated top 100. Single-A West Michigan starting pitcher Jaden Hamm also made Baseball America’s list, at No. 100.
Just like he was on Baseball America’s list, Jobe is the top-ranked pitcher, according to MLB Pipeline. The 22-year-old is at Double-A Erie. In 12 starts at 53.2 innings pitched there, he owns a 2.01 ERA and 1.08 WHIP with 58 strikeouts. Erie opponents are hitting .167 off of him.
McGonigle was MLB Pipeline’s biggest debut for prospects not from July’s MLB Draft, after he was unranked in the preseason list. A second-round pick from 2023, McGonigle recently was promoted to West Michigan from low Single-A Lakeland with Clark, but hit the injured list this week with a right hamate fracture.
McGonigle is hitting a combined .309 in 272 at-bats between Lakeland and West Michigan, with a .401 on-base percentage and .853 OPS, and was considered a “significant” riser in Baseball America’s updated rankings. He was off to a slow start at West Michigan, hitting .214 in his first 14 games there.
Clark, the No. 3 overall pick from 2023, is hitting .295 since his promotion, after slashing .286/.386/.807 at Lakeland, with 26 stolen bases.
Rainer was the Tigers’ top pick in July, at No. 11 overall, while Jung has transitioned to third base at Triple-A Toledo, with 15 home runs and an .858 OPS.
MLB Pipeline also updated its top 30 lists for each team. Switch-hitting catcher Thayron Liranzo, acquired at the trade deadline in the package the Tigers received from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jack Flaherty, is No. 6 among Tigers prospects, one of four prospects in the top 30 acquired at the deadline, joining righthander Joseph Montalvo (No. 18), shortstop Trey Sweeney (No. 20), and righthander Eric Silva (No. 29).
Liranzo and Montalvo are at West Michigan, Silva is at Erie and Sweeney at Toledo.
4Warn Weather – SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. A few storms could be strong with gusty winds and hail. High: 71.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies, becoming partly cloudy skies late. Low: 45.
SUNDAY (MOTHER’S DAY): Mix of sunshine and clouds, cooler temperatures. High: 61.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Another chilly night. Low: 41.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny skies, remaining chilly. High: 58.
After a beautiful end to the week on Friday with sunshine and a little cloud cover, with warmer temperatures moving into the region as well, some of us are waking up to some patchy dense fog on Saturday morning. Some places south of M-59 are seeing reduced visibilities down to around a mile. If you do run into some patchy dense fog, be sure to use your low beams.
That warming trend continues into the start of the weekend on Saturday, but it also brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Another cold front will work through the region by Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evening and that will bring our thunderstorm chance. High temperature is warming into low 70s by Saturday afternoon.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of the region under a Marginal Risk (1 out of 5) on our severe weather scale for the start of the weekend. Gusty winds and hail are the primary threats as we work through the start of the weekend, but this will not be a widespread threat for severe thunderstorms.
Behind that cold front for the end of the weekend on Sunday, we will keep a mixture of sunshine and clouds into the forecast. High temperatures running about 10 to 15° cooler to end the weekend. Expect high to warm into the upper 50s to lower 60s by Sunday afternoon.
Drier weather sticks around for the start of next week, before another chance of rain moves into the region by the time we get to Tuesday. The cooler-than-average temperatures will continue into the start of next week as well. Expect high temperatures to remain in the 50s for Monday and Tuesday.
Temperature start to warm up by the middle of next week, and Drier weather moves back in by Wednesday behind another cold front moving into the region. Expect high temperatures into the lower 60s on Wednesday to warm into the upper 60s by the time we get to Thursday. Above average temperatures move back into the region as we look ahead into the end of the week, expect high temperatures back into the lower 70s by the time we get to Friday.
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But as you can see below, Holmes has been an extremely popular figure among Detroit sports fans for pretty much his entire career.
Although, if there was a time when Holmes’ popularity took a hit, it was likely during the 2025 NFL season, when the Lions took their first clear step back since he and Dan Campbell came to town.
Since last year’s data was lost to time, this is a good opportunity to check back in with Lions fans. While Holmes certainly deserves a ton of credit for getting the Lions back to relevancy and helping them produce four consecutive seasons with winning records, there are some serious blemishes on his resumé now. The 2024 NFL Draft class has not lived up to his high standards through two seasons, some of his riskiest picks over the last few years have all failed to pay off, and last year’s roster just wasn’t good enough to withstand the injuries.
But Holmes is also coming off a very crowd-pleasing draft. Detroit addressed their two biggest needs with their first two selections, and there were no crazy head-scratching picks or expensive trade ups. Many have categorized his latest draft as “back to business as usual,” which could have some fans he lost back on his side.
However, that is all up to you. Vote on your thoughts about Holmes’ time in Detroit below, and share your extended thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the page.
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