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The dust is still settling from the 2021 MLB Draft, but teams like the Detroit Tigers are already hard at work scouting for next year’s draft. There was even a high-school all-star game in Denver last weekend, though with MLB’s muddled schedule of events, you can be forgiven for missing it.
The Detroit Tigers front office must be fans of Fallout Boys’ 2006 single “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race” or the real truth which is Detroit continued to load up on arms with potential upside as they close out the 2021 MLB Draft.
The Detroit Tigers spent 8 of their first 11 picks on pitching, so it figured they might go for more position players on Day Three. And that’s exactly what happened, with their first three picks of the day playing on the infield in some capacity.
Happy Monday. We head into the All Star Break with the Tigers farting away a perfectly winnable series against the Minnesota Twins. That hurts. But we can start our week with the promise of the future. Sunday night saw the first round completed and the opinions on Detroit’s selections exist and they are wide ranging.
With the 135th pick in the 2021 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers selected Tanner Kohlhepp, a right-handed pitcher from Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish used Kohlhepp out of the bullpen in a long-relief role, but there’s a chance he could serve as a starting pitcher in the professional ranks. He throws from a relatively low
With the 104th pick in the 2021 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected Tyler Mattison, a right-handed pitcher out of Bryant University. Mattison is a fourth-year senior and has spent all four years of his college career as a member of Bryant’s rotation. He was a force to be reckoned with in the Northeast
With the 74th pick in the 2021 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected right-handed pitcher Dylan Smith from the University of Alabama. There are two main appeals for a team to draft Smith. The first is his feel to spin two distinct breaking balls. His best pitch is a swing-and-miss slider that has shown
The Detroit Tigers selected right-hander Jackson Jobe with the third pick in the first round, and to the disbelief of many fans, left shortstop and top prospect Marcelo Mayer up for grabs. As with any movement in the Tigers organization, fans did not miss a beat and an influx of bewildered comments on social media…
It didn’t take long for the Detroit Tigers to establish a drafting pattern in the 2021 MLB Draft: pitching, pitching, pitching. The Tigers had 11 picks in the first 10 rounds, and 7 of them were pitchers.
Sep 20, 2020; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Tigers Bernal manger Al Avila during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Tigers Draft Alabama RHP Dylan Smith by Chris Brown
University of Notre Dame baseball hat during a game between Notre Dame and North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Detroit Tigers Draft RHP Tyler Mattison out of Bryant University by Roger Castillo
With the 32nd pick in the 2021 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected shortstop Izaac Pacheco from Friendswood HS in Texas. Pacheco has been a well-known prospect for years and entered the season as a likely first-round pick. His 2021 season was not enough to stave off competition, though, and he fell just beyond
I am a data-driven person when it comes to baseball information and sometimes I also look at a player and have an old fashion “feeling” about one. My logic is flawed and I admit, being a baseball co-expert here, you have to make sure you live up to that billing when it comes to discussions…
It’s become an annual hobby for me to peruse the draft rankings provided by MLB Pipeline and look for players who may interest the Tigers in the middle rounds of the draft. While Pipeline isn’t my favorite draft resource, the draft itself usually takes an unexpected route and predraft media rankings often have little correlation
The Tigers used their first pick in the 2021 MLB draft to select high school righty Jackson Jobe. The best prep pitcher in the class, Jobe will bring both high-end talent and an element of financial flexibility to Detroit’s draft class. It was somewhat puzzling pick, as a number of more talented players who were
The first day of the 2021 MLB draft is in the books, and as usually there were no shortage of surprise picks. The Tigers walked away with one of the best hauls of the night, after selecting Jackson Jobe and Ty Madden in the first and Competitive Balance rounds, respectively. Detroit will once again be
Jun 25, 2021; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Texas Longhorns assistant coach Scott Foxhall comes out to talk with pitcher Ty Madden (32) during the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports
With the 32nd pick in the 2021 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected right-handed pitcher Ty Madden from Texas University. Considered by many as a top-10 talent in the class, Madden experienced a draft day slide that allowed the Tigers to pick him up in the Competitive Balance Round A. Madden has been a