MLB Draft: Baseball America projects Slater de Brun to Tigers

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty ImagesWith the MLB Draft less than two weeks away, BaseballAmerica’s most recent mock draft was released. The top of this draft is particularly deep in a mix of similarly valued players, so organizational preferences for different archetypes of hitters could dictate the first 4 to 6 picks. There’s no run-away favorite like Paul Skenes, which leaves the top of the draft very fluid. That uncertainty cascades all the way down.

The Detroit Tigers’ first pick comes at 24th overall. For the first time since taking Alex Faedo at 18th overall in 2017, the club picks in the bottom half of the draft. Based on recent history, the expectation is for high school talent to…