DETROIT- The Detroit Tigers today selected 30 players on the final day of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The club selected 38 total players during this year's draft.
The list of the players selected by the Tigers follows:
Rd Player Position Ht. Wt. B/T Age School
1 Matt Manning RHP 6-6 185 R/R 18 Sheldon High School (CA)
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4 Kyle Funkhouser RHP 6-2 220 R/R 22 University of Louisville
5 Mark Ecker RHP 6-1 200 R/R 21 Texas A&M University
6 Bryan Garcia RHP 6-1 205 R/R 21 University of Miami
7 Austin Sodders LHP 6-4 210 L/L 21 University of California-Riverside
8 Jacob Robson CF 5-9 175 L/R 21 Mississippi State University
9 Daniel Pinero SS 6-0 205 L/R 22 University of Virginia
10 Sam Machonis RF 6-1 195 S/L 21 Florida Southern College
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11 Zachary Houston RHP 6-6 240 R/R 21 Mississippi State University
12 Daniel Woodrow CF 5-10 155 L/R 21 Creighton University
13 Brady Policelli C 5-10 195 R/R 20 Towson University
14 Austin Athmann C 6-2 215 R/R 21 University of Minnesota
15 John Shreiber RHP 6-3 215 R/R 22 University of Northwestern Ohio
16 Will Savage 2B 6-0 185 R/R 21 Columbia University
17 Brandyn Sittinger RHP 6-1 190 R/R 22 Ashland University
18 Niko Buentello 1B 6-3 230 L/R 21 Auburn University
19 Dustin Frailey CF 5-10 185 R/R 22 Cal State Bakersfield
20 Clate Schmidt RHP 6-1 190 R/R 22 Clemson University
21 Joe Navilhon RHP 6-0 205 R/R 22 University of Southern California
22 Burris Warner RHP 6-0 190 R/R 21 Marshall University
23 Bryan Torres C 6-2 180 R/R 18 Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy (PR)
24 Evan Hill LHP 6-5 205 L/L 22 University of Michigan
25 John Hayes RHP 6-6 225 R/R 23 Wichita State University
26 Colyn O'Connell RHP 6-5 220 R/R 22 Florida Atlantic University
27 Chad Sedio SS 6-3 205 L/R 22 Miami University of Ohio
28 Alex Cunningham RHP 6-0 195 R/R 21 Coastal Carolina University
29 Hunter Swilling 3B 5-11 190 R/R 21 Samford University
30 Dalton Lundeen LHP 6-3 195 L/L 22 Valparaiso University
31 Dalton Britt SS 6-0 210 L/R 22 Liberty University
32 Connor O'Neil RHP 6-2 195 R/R 21 Cal State Northridge
33 Keegan Thompson RHP 6-2 210 R/R 21 Auburn University
34 Geraldo Gonzalez SS 5-9 170 R/R 17 Puerto Rico Baseball Academy (PR)
35 Jacob White C 5-11 190 R/R 18 Wakeland High School (TX)
36 Drew Mendoza 3B 6-4 190 L/R 18 Lake Minneola High School (FL)
37 David Fleita 2B 6-2 168 R/R 18 Maine South High School (IL)
38 Josh Smith SS 5-9 165 L/R 18 Catholic High School (LA)
39 Garrett Milchin RHP 6-4 170 L/R 18 The First Academy High School (FL)
40 Dalton Feeney RHP 6-3 200 R/R 19 Century High School (ND)
Tigers Select 30 Players on Final Day of the 2016 MLB Draft
DETROIT- The Detroit Tigers today selected 30 players on the final day of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
June 11th, 2016