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Austin Martin has Michael Jordan qualities. Can the Detroit Tigers really pass on him?

Detroit Tigers 2019 first-round draft pick Riley Greene speaks to the media on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Lakeland, Florida. Detroit Free Press

How do you measure somebody’s heart?

How do you gauge their competitiveness?

How do you evaluate how hard they will work once they get a huge signing bonus?

The Detroit Tigers have the first pick in the MLB draft, and the two top players available are Arizona State first baseman Spencer Torkelson and Vanderbilt’s Austin Martin.

Torkelson is a great power hitter. By all accounts, he is driven and competitive, and I think the Tigers are going to pick him.