{"id":684352,"date":"2026-04-27T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684352\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:12:21","slug":"detroit-tigers-add-pitching-in-baseball-americas-latest-staff-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/684352\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers add pitching in Baseball America’s latest ‘staff draft’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Tigers<\/a>‘ farm system appears to be heavy on hitters when it comes to their top-end talent.<\/p>\n

Baseball America sees the Tigers replenishing their pitching at the top of this summer’s MLB Draft.<\/p>\n

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The outlet released its second “staff draft” on Monday<\/a>, covering the first 75 picks in the draft, to be held July 11-12 in Philadelphia<\/a>, including Tigers selections at No. 22, 61 and 69. Baseball America has the Tigers spending two of those picks on pitching, starting with prep righthander Coleman Borthwick at No. 22.<\/p>\n

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Coleman Borthwick is a 6-foot-6, 255-pound righthander out of South Walton High School in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

Borthwick is a 6-foot-6, 255-pound prospect out of South Walton High School in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

“I like most of the high school arms on the board here more than their college peers, which is no surprise if you\u2019ve followed my thoughts on the draft for a while,” writes Carlos Collazo, Baseball America’s MLB Draft reporter, who selected for the Tigers. “Borthwick is huge, yes, but he\u2019s got an electric fastball\/slider combo with great athleticism for his size and more advanced control than you might expect because of that.”<\/p>\n

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Geoff Pontes has the Tigers taking Florida State lefty Wes Mendes at No. 61. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Mendes owns a 2.43 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in 11 starts for the Seminoles this season, with 86 strikeouts in 63 innings pitched as a junior.<\/p>\n

“Mendes has enjoyed an excellent season at FSU and shows five different shapes,” Pontes writes, “including a fastball with good ride and extension. Perhaps there\u2019s more velocity and better angles to unlock.”<\/p>\n

Baseball America has the Tigers taking Luke Williams, a shortstop\/outfielder from Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania at No. 69, which is a competitive-balance selection.<\/p>\n

Any influx in pitching talent could help provide some balance to a Tigers farm system that, according to evaluators, is dominated at the top by hitters. In Baseball America’s list of top 30 Tigers prospects<\/a>, hitters hold the top 10 spots. In MLB Pipeline’s top 30 Tigers prospects,<\/a> hitters occupy the first nine slots.<\/p>\n

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Those lists will see some movement shortly, as Tigers rookie infielder and current No. 2 overall prospect Kevin McGonigle<\/a> graduates from prospect status. Infielder Hao-Yu Lee, another top-10 Detroit prospect, also is on the major-league roster, and clubbed his first homer for the Tigers in Sunday’s 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baseball America slotted Texas outfielder Aiden Robbins to the Tigers<\/a> in first round of its first staff draft last month, in a selection made by Jacob Rudner, the outlet’s national college reporter.<\/p>\n

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