LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers optioned one player to Triple-A Toledo and reassigned five players to minor-league camp Friday, including pitching prospects Jackson Jobe, Ty Madden and Brant Hurter, with less than three weeks until Opening Day on March 28.

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The Tigers optioned right-handed reliever Brendan White, a member of the 40-man roster who missed a couple of weeks with right elbow soreness, to Triple-A Toledo.

The Tigers also sent right-hander Garrett Hill and catcher Eliezer Alfonzo to minor-league camp, along with prospects Jobe, Madden and Hurter. Those five players were non-roster invitees to big-league spring training, meaning they're not on the 40-man roster.

The trio of pitching prospects are ranked among the top 30 prospects in the organization, according to MLB Pipeline: Jobe at No. 3, Madden at No. 5 and Hurter at No. 16.

Those six players will not break camp with the Tigers for Opening Day against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, but some of them will return to big-league camp as backup players in spring training games over the next two-plus weeks.

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For example, Jobe is scheduled to pitch Tuesday for the Tigers against the Minnesota Twins.

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