Detroit — The Tigers, for the second time in three years, have the first overall pick in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. In normal years that would mean they get the first pick in 40 rounds.
But with all levels of baseball being shut down going on six weeks now because of the coronavirus pandemic, nothing is normal this year. As both general manager Al Avila and director of amateur scouting Scott Pleis said in a teleconference Tuesday, there likely won’t be 40 rounds in this year’s draft. There probably won’t be more than 10 rounds.