Twitter Reaction: Detroit Tigers Draft Derek Hill

Mandatory Credit: Joy R. Absalon-USA TODAY Sports

The Detroit Tigers selected Derek Hill with their first round pick, 23rd overall. Reaction by Tigers’ fans, analysts and writers was varied but positive overall, though the digs at the current state of the 2014 Tigers’ team and their mighty, ugly struggle of late were widespread.

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Derek Hill a good example of what Tigers THOUGHT they had with Hunter, Jackson, Rajai: defense, speed, line-drive hitting. A skilled kid.
— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) June 6, 2014

#Tigers show patience in picking Derek Hill, a high-school outfielder. Also a concession it's time to groom some position players.
— Tony Paul (@TonyPaul1984) June 6, 2014

Yes, Derek Hill dives: https://t.co/85mvpcamzu
— Dave Hogg ✨ (@stareagle) June 6, 2014

I see twitter is happy about a guy that 99% of my news feed has not seen play a full game. Good
— Tom Zahari (@zaharitom7) June 6, 2014

Hill, though had a little love to throw to current right fielder Torii Hunter:

.@Tigers first pick Derek Hill put on spot: "Who's your favorite Tiger?" Immediate response: @toriihunter48 - always been my favorite player
— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) June 6, 2014

The most astute poing of the evening, though belongs to the Detroit News’ Tony Paul:

So, in essence, the #Tigers chose high-school outfielder Derek Hill over signing Nelson Cruz or Stephen Drew. Thoughts?
— Tony Paul (@TonyPaul1984) June 6, 2014

That’s something to chew on.

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