ATLANTA -- Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson remembers his Draft night experience. He was dealing with pulled wisdom teeth when he got the call that he was going to be drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2002 MLB Draft.
"I had no clue that the Tigers were going to draft me, as they only talked to me [for] an hour maybe two or three days before the draft," Granderson said. "I didn't really get a chance to speak to them too much because I had my wisdom teeth pulled."
Granderson signed with the Tigers and made his professional debut in 2002 with the Oneonta Tigers in Class A Short-Season.