Last Chance Saloon: 2025 MLB Draft

[RatkoVarda]

24 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Can't believe Jace Laviolette has fallen off so badly..looked like a top end talent in last year's CWS

could be there in ROund 2, but do not think Tigers bite, does not control the zone at all

[RatkoVarda]

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24. Detroit Tigers
Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee
Top 150 rank: 53

2025 MLB draft: Mock drafts and rankings

Fischer is rising due to his strong performance in the SEC this year, and while he's likely still behind Irish, he might be sneaking up on Laviolette with a chance to go in the top 20 picks. I think Detroit is looking to pair a college player with a high school player between this pick and its next (34) and will be looking mostly at left-handed hitters. As you can guess, that means a lot of different players have been tied to these two picks. Slater de Brun, Cam Cannarella, Fauske and Kayson Cunningham come up the most.

34. Detroit Tigers: Aaron Watson, RHP, Trinity Christian HS (Florida)

[IdahoBert]

As if we need a reminder about how stupid Google AI is, it just told me that the Tigers drafted Casey Mize out of high school in 2018. It couldn’t distinguish between having the first pick overall and the first pick the Tigers had regardless of where their pick occured, but I knew if I gave parameters too specific it would most likely get confused and give me nothing at all. Yet it still discovered a way to be confused.

AI Overview The Detroit Tigers have drafted high school players with their first overall pick twice in the modern draft era: in 1997 and 2018. They selected pitcher Matt Anderson first overall in 1997 and pitcher Casey Mize in 2018. While the Tigers have drafted many high school players overall, these are the only two instances where a high school player was chosen with the very first pick

[Tenacious D]

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

As if we need a reminder about how stupid Google AI is, it just told me that the Tigers drafted Casey Mize out of high school in 2018. It couldn’t distinguish between having the first pick overall and the first pick the Tigers had regardless of where their pick occured, but I knew if I gave parameters too specific it would most likely get confused and give me nothing at all. Yet it still discovered a way to be confused.

AI Overview The Detroit Tigers have drafted high school players with their first overall pick twice in the modern draft era: in 1997 and 2018. They selected pitcher Matt Anderson first overall in 1997 and pitcher Casey Mize in 2018. While the Tigers have drafted many high school players overall, these are the only two instances where a high school player was chosen with the very first pick

F those robots!  They really are stoopid.

[CMRivdogs]

MLB's latest mock based on the "combine"

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-pipeline-mock-draft-for-june-19-2025?t=mlb-draft-coverage&partnerId=it-20250620-13942125-mlb-1-B&utm_id=it-20250620-13942125-mlb-1-B&lctg=83904780

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24. Tigers: Slater de Brun, OF, Summit (Ore.) HS (No. 25)
Detroit has had a lot of success with high school hitters in recent Drafts, and de Brun gives off Corbin Carroll vibes.