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How Detroit Tigers went from drafting like 'zombies' to finding late-round gems

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The Detroit Tigers used to draft like zombies.

They slogged through the draft tired, exhausted and a little brain-dead.

This isn't quite as hyperbolic as it sounds, when you consider the process they used to set their draft board. Tigers officials used to go to Lakeland, Florida, about 10 days before the draft to start putting together their board by holding marathon sessions — going through the entire draft player by player, a mind-numbing process that left everybody drained.