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Scouting report
Tigers fans are no doubt eager to see the how quickly the rookie Top 100 starters assert themselves in the big leagues but don't sleep on Lange, who has a shot to make a high-leverage impact out of the bullpen this year. After several down years, Lange's 2019 velocity was back to what it was during his best days at LSU, and his strikeout rate spiked after the Tigers, who got him as part of the Nick Castellanos return from the Cubs, moved him to the bullpen. He's throwing even harder this year. After sitting 91-93 and touching 95 in 2019, he was consistently 93-95 during 2020 instructs and has been 95-97 during spring training this year. Our high speed footage shows Lange throwing two different breaking balls, though their movement is hard to distinguish in real time because they both have big vertical depth. Like he did during his peak college days, Lange looks like a fire-breathing late-inning reliever who sprays several plus pitches. (Fall Instructional League)