(Photo: Rick Scuteri, Associated Press)
On the plus side for the Tigers as they stare at another juicy draft spot in 2019, there is a lush baseball orchard loaded with college and prep hitters who might meet a team’s general preference for a game-busting bat when Detroit chooses with its No. 5 pick.
That wasn’t the case a year ago when the Tigers picked first. They wanted a franchise slugger, desperately so, but decided the only player who qualified as the kind of talent you take at 1-1 was Auburn pitcher Casey Mize.
This year looks different.