The Tigers went after hard throwers early in the draft as 4 or their first 5 selections, and 6 of the first ten were pitchers. I understand the motivation for drafting the best available player (and this is more true in baseball than the other sports), but the Tiger organization currently has no position player to get excited about. Cody Ross has done well, but he has 4th outfielder written all over him. Moore, Cleven, and Granderson all have shown flashes, but nothing to get that excited about from A ball. On the other hand, the Tigers have intersting pitchers at every level of the minors. In A ball Jon Connolly and Joel Zumaya have been pitching well. At Erie, Larrison, Henkel and Farnsworth all show promise. At AAA Toledo Shane Loux has thrown well. I’m not suggesting that any of these guys are sure fire top of the rotation pitchers, but they still have the potential to contribute. I just don’t see that same potential from the position players.

For a listing of all the Tigers draft picks go here

I know this is old news, but the Tigers came back and won one in the 9th against San Diego. The game started at 10 and wasn’t televised, so I can’t really comment too much on it. I do know that Nate Cornejo threw 15 ground ball outs, including a couple inning end double plays. The result was another strong outing despite a glaring lack of strikeouts. Dmitri Young continues to crush the ball as he hit another home run to center-and he earned Player of the Week honors for his performance last week. Congrats Dmitri and keep up the good work.