For the first time in a decade, the Detroit Tigers did not select one player straight out of high school in a Major League Baseball Draft.
For those keeping track at home, The Tigers selected a total of seven position players (five infielders and two outfielders) and a dozen pitchers (eight righties and four lefties).
Around the college scene locally, the Michigan Wolverines and Central Michigan Chippewas each had three players taken in this year’s draft, while the Western Michigan Broncos and Eastern Michigan Eagles both had one player selected:
