AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn junior right-hander Casey Mize was selected first overall by the Detroit Tigers in Monday’s Major League Baseball Draft, becoming the first player in program history to be taken with the No. 1 overall pick.
Mize also becomes just the fifth player from the Southeastern Conference to be selected with the No. 1 overall pick, joining Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt, 2015), David Price (Vanderbilt, 2007), Luke Hochevar (Tennessee, 2006) and Ben McDonald (LSU, 1989). He is also just the eighth player since the MLB Draft began in 1965 to go undrafted out of high school and later be selected first overall.