The 2024 MLB Draft takes place over the All-Star Weekend starting on Sunday, July 14, and running until Tuesday, July 16. MLB teams look to add talent to build up their farm systems and hopefully strike gold with a future star. Who will the Detroit Tigers take in the first round? Let’s look at the latest mock draft.
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Pick No. 11: Tigers Take SS/OF Konnor Griffin (Jackson Prep, MS)
It is looking like Konnor Griffin or Cam Caminiti would be good fits here and the T🌄igers could easily pul💖l the trigger on Griffin. The Tigers could be in a position to take the top prep bat available and Griffin would fit this at no. 11 overall.
Griffin is a shortstop/outfielder from Jackson Prep who hits right-handed. He’s 6’4″ and weighs 205 pounds. Also, he is committed to LSU in the fall. He has all the tools and reclassified from the 2025 to the 2024 MLB Draft. He was the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year and looks like he could be a plus defender at multiple positions depending on where he lands.
Griffin on the MLB best draft prospects list.
More Options for Tigers
The MLB Draft can be extremely unpredictable and the Tigers might scoop up the best available player if Griffin is gone at 𓆏no. 11. Here are a couple of other options worth considering for Detroit in the first ꦛround.
LHP Cam Caminiti (Saguaro HS, AZ)
Lefty pitcher Cam Caminiti also reclassified from 2025 to 2024 and sits at no. 15 on the top draft prospects board from MLB. He won’t turn 18 until next month and already has a fastball that can touch up to 98 miles per hour. He usually sits 93-95 with a deceptive delivery.
C💮aminiti can mix in a curve and slider which gives him a massive upside heading into his future. Like Griffin, he is also committed to LSU and hopes to be the first Arizona prep pitcher taken in the first round since 2018. That year, Matthew Liberatore went no. 16 overall to the Rays.
It would be a great ad💃d🙈ition for the Tigers to get a potential ace in 3-4 years.
OF Braden Montgomery (Texas A&M)
If the Tigers are looking for a great college bat, Braden Montgomery would be a great pick if he’s still available at no. 11. A top-10 prospect on most boards, Montgomery smashed 27 homers this past season at Texas A&M and has an elite arm in the outfield.
There is potential for Montgomery as a pitcher too as he throws 96 miles per hour on the mound but it seems unlikely the Tigers would give up such a high-quality bat that could reach the majors rather quickly if he fꦿell to No. 11 in round 1.
Recent Tigers 1st Round Draft Picks
The Tigers took outfielder Max Clark in the 2023 MLB Draft and Jace Jung was their first-round pick in 2022. Che🐲𝔍ck out the recent history of Tigers first-round picks.
| Year | Selection | Pos. | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Max Clark | OF | Franklin Community High School (Franklin, Indiana) |
| 2022 | Jace Jung | 2B | Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas) |
| 2021 | Jackson Jobe | RHP | Heritage Hall School (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| 2020 | Spencer Torkelson | 3B | Arizona State (Tempe, Arizona) |
| 2019 | Riley Greene | OF | Hagerty High School (Oviedo, Florida) |
| 2018 | Casey Mize | RHP | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| 2017 | Alex Faedo | RHP | University of Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| 2016 | Matt Manning | RHP | Sheldon High School (Sacramento, California) |
| 2015 | Beau Burrows | RHP | Weatherford High School (Weatherford, Texas) |
| 2015 | Christin Stewart | OF | University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| 2014 | Derek Hill | OF | Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove, California) |
| 2013 | Jonathon Crawford | RHP | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| 2013 | Corey Knebel | RHP | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) |
| 2012 | no first-round pick | ||
| 2011 | no first-round pick | ||
| 2010 | Nick Castellanos | 3B | Archbishop McCarthy High School (Southwest Ranches, Florida) |
| 2010 | Chance Ruffin | RHP | The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) |
| 2009 | Jacob Turner | RHP | Westminster Christian Academy (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| 2008 | Ryan Perry | RHP | University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| 2007 | Rick Porcello | RHP | Seton Hall Prep High School (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| 2007 | Brandon Hamilton | OF | Stanhope Elmore High School (Millbrook, Alabama) |
| 2006 | Andrew Miller | LHP | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| 2005 | Cameron Maybin | OF | T.C. Roberson High School (Arden, North Carolina) |
| 2004 | Justin Verlander | RHP | Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| 2003 | Kyle Sleeth | RHP | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| 2002 | Scott Moore | SS | Cypress High School (Cypress, California) |
| 2001 | Kenny Baugh | RHP | Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| 2001 | Mike Woods | 2B | Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| 2000 | Matthew Wheatland | RHP | Rancho Bernardo High School (San Diego, California) |
