Whenever the Tigers gather for Draft Day, there’s a general expectation, based on more than a decade of habits, they’ll take a big, power-armed pitcher with their first pick.
Percentages could hold Monday night.
Then again, this might be the year a position player slips in what is regarded as something of a wide-open draft, which starts at 7 p.m. on MLB Network.
The Tigers have the 18th overall pick in the 2017 sweepstakes and probably would prefer to grab Alex Faedo, a right-hander from the University of Florida who for some time has been on their heavy-inspection list.