The Detroit Tigers surprised many with their first pick in the MLB amateur player draft, selecting right-handed pitcher Beau Burrows out of Weatherford High School at No. 22 overall. One of the hardest throwing pitchers in the draft, Burrows has the fastball velocity that the Tigers covet, even if he is a bit smaller than a prototypical Tigers draft selection.
With limits on how much money the Tigers can spend on their draft selections, personnel decisions have become more of a jigsaw puzzle than ever before. In past years, the Tigers may have jumped at the chance to draft a player like Daz Cameron, who scared off several teams in the first round with high salary bonus demands.