Spring training is drawing to its close, and if various statistical projection systems are accurate, the Tigers will be far from competitive during regular season action. That means we have to set our sights a little further out as the losses pile up during the year. Luckily, baseball on the amateur front is coming alive, offering plenty of potential for what Brandon might call “a scintillating exercise inspeculation and supposition” — mock drafts.
An early mock draft written up by Taylor Blake Ward for his site, Who’s On First: Scouting Baseball, projects the Tigers to grab Missouri outfielder Kameron Misner with the No.