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Detroit — The Detroit Tigers accomplished what they set out to do, general manager Al Avila said, in terms of the draft this week.
With the Tigers’ deep in pitching prospects in the minor leagues, the intent in this particular draft was to add position players with the potential to produce offensively.
Avila felt the organization did just that.
“It was a position player-heavy draft, as opposed to the years that there was more pitching that we liked better, per se,” Avila said. “This year was more of that (position player), luckily for us.