Last Chance Saloon: 2025 MLB Draft

[Shinzaki]

The draft is so overrated...Ty Cobb wasn't even drafted

[CMRivdogs]

I had a high draft number in 1972. No one picked me

[Tenacious D]

11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

They did go for the guy that was supposed to have a short path the majors with Madden. Hasn't gone particularly well.

I believe Madden was an Avila pick.  And he fell where they drafted him.  

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Everybody wanted the Tigers to pick Marcelo Mayer because we needed an SS that would blow through the system and be ready quickly.

Jobe beat him to the big leagues 

great point.

[AlaskanTigersFan]

11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

great point.

I remember throwing my remote when we passed on Mayer..... I dunno. I still like Mayer a lot.  Hopefully Jobe can develop into a true #1. I worry the Tigers won't pony up for Skubal. If that's the case, we need Jobe to be the guy unless Mize turns out to be for real..... 

[Arlington]

Jobe and no. 2 pick Jack Leiter have pretty much the same ML service time.  Leiter was the college pitcher thought to have the quicker path.   Same was said about Ty Madden a college arm whom the Tigers were thrilled to get with the 32nd pick.  The Tiger with the most service time from that draft is former collegiate ... (answer in next post).

[Arlington]

the Yankees pick at #20 Trey Sweeney.  EDIT  That may be wrong.  Brant Hurter was in that draft.  Too lazy to look up service times but he may have beat out Sweeney.

Edited 11 hours ago by Arlington

[Tenacious D]

The Tigers have five 1st rounders on their roster and two 2nd rounders, if you include Parker who should be on the active squad.

[Edman85]

20 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

The Tigers have five 1st rounders on their roster and two 2nd rounders, if you include Parker who should be on the active squad.

I count eight 1st rounders and only one 2nd rounder.

1st: Baez, Flaherty, Greene, Jobe, Jung, Mize, Sweeney, Torkelson, (Lange, Madden IL)

2nd: Dingler, (Meadows IL)

Others throughout the system:

1st: Clark, Manning, Rainer, McGonigle

2nd: Anderson, Baddoo, Dingler, Graham, Hall, Jones, Pacheco, Scheffelbein, Unroe, (Cabrera restricted list)

Edited 10 hours ago by Edman85