The Detroit Tigers love taking talented pitchers at the top of the MLB draft (and also in later rounds, for that matter). But with one of the weakest classes of arms in recent years on deck for the 2019 draft, it appears that Detroit’s four-year streak of taking a pitcher in the first round is in serious jeopardy. Not one of the several mock drafts published at MLB Pipeline, FanGraphs, or Baseball America this spring has projected the Tigers to take a pitcher, instead focusing on a sextet of talented hitting prospects expected to go in the top six picks.
2019 MLB draft profile: LHP Nick Lodolo is the top pitcher in this year’s draft class
