Inbox: What are the Tigers’ options in Draft?

As we get into the latter stages of this opening month of the season, we here at MLBPipeline.com start to catch Draft fever. It’ll be here before you know it, coming June 9-11.

Scouts, of course, have been at it for some time now, trying to figure out the Class of 2016 in order to line up their boards. We’re lining up our board as well, and we should have a new Draft Top 100 Prospects list for you at some point next week.

In advance of that, it felt right to begin this week’s Inbox with a couple of Draft-related questions before tackling a couple of Minor League prospect queries.

@JonathanMayo @MLBPipeline Jonathon Tigers fan here as U know.Im torn at #9,PsJones or Shore Hitters Ray or Senzel,Tigs need hitters soNickS

— Lee Miller (@blazeis12) April 19, 2016

@JonathanMayo @MLBPipeline Jonathon Tigers fan here as U know.Im torn at #9,PsJones or Shore Hitters Ray or Senzel,Tigs need hitters soNickS

It’s still a touch early to try and figure out who is going where, even at the top of the Draft. Some of that is par for the course, and some of that is this year seems to be particularly perplexing at the top. I assure you, both Jim Callis and I will have multiple mocks of the first round, but let’s see what we can come up with for your Tigers as of right now.

It’s interesting the two arms you mention are more of the “safe, advanced college” type. I would imagine both will be there for Detroit’s pick at No. 9 (Logan Shore especially — most see him as a considerably later pick). Connor Jones might be the best advanced college arm option, but he has limited ceiling. Take a look at the Tigers’ Draft record. They tend to like velocity and arm strength.

As far as bats are concerned, Nick Senzel of Tennessee has generated a good amount of …

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