Unbelievable strikeout stat helps justify Tigers' strange first-round draft pick

2025 MLB Draft | Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/GettyImagesThe Detroit Tigers' selection at No. 24 in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft left even the most experienced analysts and evaluators scratching their heads.

Jordan Yost, a high school shortstop out of Florida, was ranked No. 50 in this year's draft class by MLB Pipeline and wasn't expected to come off the board until at least late in the second round, if not later. Yost was a late bloomer, one who didn't really make it onto Major League scouting radars until relatively recently after a strong showing at the MLB Draft combine.

Yost is a left-handed hitter who makes good contact and consistently puts the ball in play, but…