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Detroit Tigers' No. 1 pick first of his kind in 22 years. How other top 3Bs worked out

Detroit Tigers selected 5 more players Thursday, Day 2 of 2020 MLB draft, after taking Spencer Torkelson No. 1 overall Wednesday. A look at the class. Wochit

With the first pick in the 2020 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers were poised to make history by taking Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson — making him the first right-handed first baseman taken No. 1 overall in the 56-year history of the draft.

Well … we were half right: They did take Torkelson — but as a third baseman, a position he never played in college or on Team USA.