As sure as bets go in the MLB Draft — and that’s one reason gambling can be perilous — the Tigers would jump on Texas Tech left-handed swinger and infielder Jace Jung with their 12th overall turn July 17 in the MLB Draft’s first round.
Jung, however, could/should be gone by the time Detroit chooses.
And that probably would not have been the case even three months ago, before a battery of pitchers — college and prep — were piled atop a rising stack of Tommy John surgery casualties.
“I’ve never seen it like this — everybody’s blowing out,” said Scott Pleis, director of amateur scouting for the Tigers, who during a Tuesday Zoom session spoke with media about the Tigers’ 2022 draft plans.