Tigers will have the No. 5 pick in the 2019 MLB draft

Though the Detroit Tigers did their best to move up the reverse standings over the final couple weeks of the season, they will have the No. 5 pick in the 2019 MLB draft. The Tigers finished with a 64-98 record, identical to the 2017 record that clinched them the first overall pick last June, but still found themselves ahead of four other teams in the final MLB standings.

The Baltimore Orioles will have the No. 1 overall pick after a disastrous 115-loss season that saw them flirting with the record books in late September. This is the second time in their franchise history that they have had the No. 1 pick. Their only other 1-1 selection was right-handed pitcher Ben McDonald, who had a solid…