The Detroit Tigers draft record over the past six years suddenly looks rather grim. Most of that is the fact that their five big prospects have stumbled to one degree or another early in their major league careers. Their stories are far from written, but an area where the Tigers have had enormous success recently is in their selection of late round pitchers. Right-hander Beau Brieske looks to be the best of the bunch, but if he’s to continue an unlikely journey to the major leagues, he has one major flaw left to address.
The 24-year-old was a relative unknown coming out of high school in Arizona.