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Detroit — In every draft, from professional baseball to fantasy football, the mantra rarely changes. Best player available, blah, blah, blah.
The Tigers played that soundtrack on a loop late last week, too, ahead of this week's Major League Baseball Draft.
But you have to wonder if that truly was their game play going in to these three days, judging by who the Tigers selected through the first two days.
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Of the Tigers' first 10 selections, eight were position players — including, for the first time in the franchise's history, their first six picks.