DETROIT -- Alex Faedo found out long after everyone else that he had been selected by the Detroit Tigers and was about to be a few million dollars richer.
Faedo's Florida Gators were playing for a trip to the College World Series in Omaha on Monday night when he was selected with the No. 18 overall pick by the Tigers in the 2017 Major League amateur draft.
Tigers take 6-foot-6 slugger from Puerto Rico in 2nd round
Reynaldo Rivera, a native of Puerto Rico, played for Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla.