The Detroit Tigers are pushing in all their chips on a high-upside pitching prospect in the 11th round of the MLB Draft. It may be a stroke of genius — or not.

The Detroit Tigers are selecting at No. 24 overall in the 2025 MLB draft, their lowest top pick in more than a decade. Here's what to know on Day 1.

The Tigers selected a left-handed-hitting high school shortstop with their top Draft pick for the second consecutive year, drafting Jordan Yost out of Sickles High School in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday. Yost ranked 50th in MLB Pipeline’s pre-Draft rankings.

Max Clark, McGonigle, Max Anderson, and Bryce Rainer have been the quickest Tigers picks the past two years, and now Yost joins a pack designed to deliver baseball’s biggest challenge: offense. The draft opened with a Sunday surprise: Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits going to the Nationals at one-overall.

Major League Baseball Draft is underway Sunday night in Atlanta, and the Washington Nationals took high school shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 overall pick. The 20-round draft runs through Monday.