It didn’t take long for the first Tiger from the Jay Johnson era to hear his name called in the MLB Draft.
Switch hitting sophomore third baseman Jacob Berry was selected sixth overall by the Miami Marlins. Berry is the first Tiger taken in the first round of the MLB Draft since Alex Lange was taken by the Chicago Cubs in 2017; he’s also the highest picked Tiger since Alex Bregman went second overall to Houston in 2015.
Berry, a draft eligible sophomore, followed Jay Johnson from Arizona to LSU. In his one and only year in Baton Rouge, Berry hit .