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Joey Bart emerging as Detroit Tigers' possible No. 1 MLB draft pick

Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila fields questions in the Tigers dugout on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Comerica Park. George Sipple, Detroit Free Press

It's draft day in Major League Baseball, and the Detroit Tigers are on the clock.

And while baseball pundits have long predicted the Tigers will take Auburn right-handed pitching ace Casey Mize with the No. 1 overall pick, it might not be as much of a sure thing as originally thought.

ESPN baseball guru Keith Law has the Tigers taking Georgia Tech catcher Joey Bart with the top pick in his final mock draft, and one rival scout also predicted Bart to the Tigers in a conversation with the Free Press late Sunday night.