Detroit – Bloodlines in baseball. Sometimes they are magical – Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. come to mind. Sometimes, well, they are less so – Magglio Ordonez Sr. and Magglio Ordonez Jr., for example.
The Tigers have a crop of sons of big-leaguers in their system already – Cam Gibson (Kirk), Daz Cameron (Mike), Kody Clemens (Roger) and Pedro Martinez Jr. (Pedro Sr.). Never, though, have they had a third-generation big-leaguer.
They do now.
The Tigers, with the first pick in the third round Thursday, selected Rice shortstop Trei Cruz – as in Jose Cruz, the third.