Detroit Tigers

[jaadam4]

The Tigers drafted Jung right about where he was projected. It’s weird drafting a 2B that high that’s not good at defense.

Im surprised they didn’t go for Cam Collier. He’s a legit 3b prospect that should have went much higher than he did.

[Cody_Russell]

I recall Jung’s older brother scaring me in the Michigan vs Texas Tech CWS game a few years ago. Josh Jung had the look of a guy that would hit a home run every at bat. Hopefully Jace Jung is as good.

Edit: Ah yes, this game:
https://www.espn.com/college-basebal...meId/391721089

How about that Kumar Rocker draft pick. Most mocks had Rocker in the 20s. Rangers selected him at #3. Wild journey for Rocker in the last few years. Very interesting that Rocker is paired with his former Vanderbilt teammate, Jack Leiter. Rocker the #11 pick in 2021, #3 in 2022. Leiter the #2 overall pick in 2021. Stacked college rotation… I don’t feel bad that Michigan lost to them in the championship series. The luck of Michigan… they keep running into juggernauts! 2019 Vanderbilt baseball. 2021 Georgia football…

[Da Geezer]

Why wasn't the kid (Porter?) from OLSM chosen at all yesterday? I saw him going as high as #9 but he fell dramatically. What's the deal.

[jaadam4]

Not trying to bring the Kenny Holland conversation over here but the Tigers allowing Avila to continue to pick our drafts is going to f us in the longterm just like the Wings.

We need a real GM

[jaadam4]

I recall Jung’s older brother scaring me in the Michigan vs Texas Tech CWS game a few years ago. Josh Jung had the look of a guy that would hit a home run every at bat. Hopefully Jace Jung is as good.

Edit: Ah yes, this game:
https://www.espn.com/college-basebal...meId/391721089

How about that Kumar Rocker draft pick. Most mocks had Rocker in the 20s. Rangers selected him at #3. Wild journey for Rocker in the last few years. Very interesting that Rocker is paired with his former Vanderbilt teammate, Jack Leiter. Rocker the #11 pick in 2021, #3 in 2022. Leiter the #2 overall pick in 2021. Stacked college rotation… I don’t feel bad that Michigan lost to them in the championship series. The luck of Michigan… they keep running into juggernauts! 2019 Vanderbilt baseball. 2021 Georgia football…

And those Michigan teams had a lot of confidence and swag to them. Just going up against the monsters they went against was impossible

[ghandi]

The Tigers drafted Jung right about where he was projected. It’s weird drafting a 2B that high that’s not good at defense.

Im surprised they didn’t go for Cam Collier. He’s a legit 3b prospect that should have went much higher than he did.

From what I understand he is projected as a first baseman......I guess just hope he makes it to the majors period and sort it out from there....By then Miggy will be retired and either he or Tork can move to DH.

[The King]

Avila drafted another 1st rounder with “defensive issues.” Fucking clueless.

[The King]

Kumar signed for $5.2 when the slot was over $7, so he took a major discount. Good to see him go #3, though. The Mets really fucked him last year. Fucked him hard.

[The King]

Kumar got $5.2 with a slot of $7.6, so he took $2.4 less. That’s so weird. Hopefully he gets some endorsement deals to make up for his loss of income.

[jaadam4]

Kumar signed for $5.2 when the slot was over $7, so he took a major discount. Good to see him go #3, though. The Mets really fucked him last year. Fucked him hard.

How did the Mets fuck him? I didn’t pay too much attention to it but it didn’t make sense for them to draft him and just cut him loose.

[jaadam4]

Why wasn't the kid (Porter?) from OLSM chosen at all yesterday? I saw him going as high as #9 but he fell dramatically. What's the deal.

Yeah I thought that was weird as well. He won’t sign this year and be back next year

[The King]

Texas took Porter, so they will sign him with the Rocker savings.

[The King]

It was something with the medicals with the Rocker/Mets saga. The Mets owner tweeted some shit right after. They really fucked the guy. Rocker has been silent on all of it, so who knows the full story.

[jaadam4]

It was something with the medicals with the Rocker/Mets saga. The Mets owner tweeted some shit right after. They really fucked the guy. Rocker has been silent on all of it, so who knows the full story.

They were saying he had red flags since well before the draft. But at the same time he was a beast in college and from the sounds of it he was playing in the Kenny Powers league killing it. I hope he does well in the majors just because he has a pretty kick ass name.

[Whitley]

Keith Law on Tigers pick Jace Jung

12. Detroit Tigers: Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech


No. 8 on the big board

I’d heard the Tigers mostly on college bats this spring, and had them more than once with Gavin Cross, who went ninth to the Royals. Jung, brother of Rangers prospect Josh Jung, was one of the best performers among college hitters in this draft class, and most of the spring teams in the teens told me they thought he’d go in the first 10 picks. This seems like a great value pick for the Tigers and gives them another prospect who projects to move through the minors quickly, so he can see the lineup while Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson are there. He also offers some certainty, as he has a long track record of hitting. He’s not great at second base and might move to an outfield corner, and it’s an unusual setup at the plate, something that hasn’t affected him so far but could become an issue as the pitching gets better.

Scouting report: Jung has one of the weirdest setups you will ever see in a hitter above Little League, holding the bat so far behind his back shoulder that you’d think it was covered in a toxic fungus. Or perhaps cooties. Yet he hits — he hit well enough as a sophomore in 2021, with a .337/.462/.697 line and more walks than strikeouts, that he probably would have gone in the top half of the first round last year had he been eligible. The younger brother of Rangers prospect Josh Jung, Jace gets the bat head into the zone in plenty of time to make consistent, high-quality contact, including power, with 21 homers as a sophomore and 14 this season. His position is still the main question; he’s mostly played second base in college, not that well, but doesn’t have the arm for the left side of the infield or the speed to play anywhere else but left field or first base. There’s enough reason to buy his bat that he’s going to go in the top-10 picks even with such a huge unknown in his profile.