A stream of early blindsides gave the Tigers a gift Sunday night when, with the 12th overall pick, they scooped up Texas Tech slugger Jace Jung with their first turn in the 2022 MLB Draft.
Jung was a Tigers target throughout their spring scouting safaris. But they couldn’t count on a left-handed slugger, who played second base at Texas Tech, to be free for the grabbing.
That changed when pitchers began tumbling early from the draft board — Kumar Rocker, in a shocker, going third-overall to the Rangers; Cade Horton, from the University of Oklahoma to the Cubs at No.