Editor’s note: Latest in a series looking at the Tigers’ first 10 draft picks.
Reynaldo Rivera was the 150th-ranked draft prospect, according to MLB.com, and No. 191 by Baseball America.
The Tigers, though, couldn’t have cared less, pouncing on the skyscraper of a left-handed hitter in the second round of this week’s Major League Baseball Draft.
They got an extended look at the slugger from Chipola College, a junior college in Florida. He played several games at TigerTown, in the JUCO state tournament, and had a JUCO World Series that scouts won’t soon forget.