Tigers Finalize 2021 MLB Draft Class

LAKELAND, FL – The Detroit Tigers selected 10 players on day three of the MLB First-Year Player Draft, which included rounds 11 through 20.

The club’s 2021 draft class consists of 11 RHP, one LHP, one SS, one 1B, one 3B, two C and four OF. Nineteen of the 21 players drafted by the Tigers are from college, while two are from high school.

Round                  Position               Name                                  School                                Height                  Weight                 Age

1                            RHP                       Jackson Jobe                     Heritage Hall HS (OK)      6-2                        190                       18

CB-A                     RHP                       Ty Madden                         Univ. of Texas                   6-3                        215                       21

2                            SS                          Izaac Pacheco                   Friendswood HS (TX)       6-4                        225                       18

3                            RHP                       Dylan Smith                       Univ. of Alabama              6-2                        180                       21

4                            RHP                       Tyler Mattison                  Bryant Univ.                      6-4                        235                       21

5                            RHP                       Tanner Kohlhepp              Univ. of Notre Dame       6-4                        210                       22

6                            OF                         Austin Murr                       NC State Univ.                  6-2                        218                       22

7                            LHP                       Brant Hurter                      Georgia Tech Univ.          6-6                        250                       22

8                            RHP                       Jordan Marks                    USC – Upstate                   6-2                        220                       22

9                            RHP                       Garrett Burhenn               Ohio State Univ.               6-3                        215                       21

10                          OF                         Austin Schultz                   Univ. of Kentucky            5-9                        200                       21

11                          C                            Josh Crouch                       Univ. of Cent. Florida      6-1                        200                       22

12                          C                            Mike Rothenberg             Duke Univ.                         6-3                        215                       22

13                          3B                         Chris Meyers                     Univ. of Toledo                 6-3                        210                       22

14                          RHP                       RJ Petit                                Charleston Southern Univ.   6-8                        300                       21

15                          RHP                      Blake Holub                       St. Edward’s Univ.            6-6                        230                       22

16                          RHP                      Jack Anderson                   Florida State Univ.           6-3                        197                       21

17                          RHP                      Aaron Haase                     Wichita State Univ.          5-8                        193                       21

18                          OF                         Ben Malgeri                       Northeastern Univ.          6-2                        215                       21

19                          1B                         Justice Bigbie                    Western Carolina Univ.  6-3                        200                       22

20                          OF                         JD McLaughlin                   Central Arizona Col.        6-3                        195                       20