The Detroit Tigers are going to have to wait quite a bit longer than usual to make their first pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. After a run to the postseason last year, the Tigers will make their first selection at No. 24, the first time since 2015 they’ve not picked in the top-20.

About the moment Tigers manager AJ Hinch signs his lineup card on a given game-day in 2025, and about the time it’s understood that for the past 11 months the Tigers have had MLB’s best record, a roster reality becomes clearer.

The pitcher appeared for seven different teams in a 15-year career, and is part of the first three-generation family of pitchers in MLB history.