After selecting Brett Callahan in the 13th round of the 2023 draft, the Detroit Tigers went to another smaller East Coast school for an outfielder in 2024. In a very pitcher heavy draft otherwise, the Tigers selected left-handed hitting outfielder Jackson Strong.
The six-foot-one, 185 pound Strong played his college ball at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. He put together an outstanding junior season in which he cracked 11 homers and stole 42 bases while walking more than he struck out. The discipline, speed, and solid raw power potential caught Tigers’ evaluators’ eyes, and they snatched him up.