Tigers jump three spots in draft lottery, get third-overall pick

Tigers won the first-ever MLB Draft Lottery at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. They will have the third-overall pick in the 2023 Draft. The Pirates will get the top pick, while the Nationals will pick second. It is the fifth time in last six seasons the Tigers have had a top-five pick. The NFL is now the only major pro sport without a draft lottery. College players are the most valuable amateur talent. MLB scouts are more interested in high-level prep players. Baseball scouts can more easily project big-league talent from college. A draft was added to MLB's most recent contract with the Players Association.

Brock Wilken, Drew Bowser, Dylan Crews, Enrique Bradfield, Wyatt Langford, Jacob Wilson, Tommy Troy, Jack Hurley and Brayden Taylor are some of the prospects that the Tigers will be hunting for with the third-overall pick. They are: Brock Wilkens, 3B, Wake Forest, 6-4, 225, right-handed batter, who had 23 homers in 60 games last season for the Demon Deacons. Drew Bower, a 3/1B/OF, Stanford, is 6/4/226, RH batter. Bray Taylor, an LH batter from TCU, has power and walks more than he strikes out. Tommy Troy, 2/3/SS, St. Louis, 5/10/197, LH, played in the Cape Cod League last year.