DETROIT (AP) --
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers have set up a physical for
manager's son Patrick Leyland as the final step before signing the
eighth-round draft pick to a contract.
Leyland is scheduled to fly Thursday to Lakeland, Fla., for the
physical that has to be passed to make the deal official. He was
drafted last week out of Bishop Canevin High School in Pittsburgh.
By turning pro, he is choosing not to accept a scholarship to
attend and play at Maryland. The catcher's career will begin with
the Tigers in the Gulf Coast League.
Jim Leyland, was a minor league catcher for the Tigers from
1964-69 before beginning his coaching career in 1970. Leyland has
said he didn't push the Tigers to draft his son.
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