Based on how COVID messed up 2020’s scouting season, the Tigers might be in line, ironically, for something of a gift from Tuesday’s final 10 rounds of the 20-round Major League Baseball Draft.
Players were harder to inspect last spring, summer, and into autumn. There was less data on hand. Fewer exposures allowed for the possibility pitchers and hitters, especially from smaller schools, could be missed — and that surprises on the plus side might loom in those latter rounds from 2021’s draft, simply because talent could have slipped through COVID’s cracks.
Whether their luck is good, or not so good, the Tigers won’t be shocked if help arrived in the final rounds.