Complete list of Detroit Tigers' 2026 MLB Draft picks with wild trend to note on Day 2

The Tigers wrapped up their 2026 MLB Draft on Sunday. Although first-round pick Cameron Flukey is going to get most of the attention as Detroit's first first-round college pitcher since Casey Mize in 2018, they also lucked into some solid selections further down in their draft, namely first baseman Will Adams, their 11th-rounder who was ranked at No. 102 by MLB Pipeline but selected at No. 336 overall.

There's a chance that some of these players further down the list, especially the high schoolers, will not sign contracts and try again over the next few years, but the Tigers are likely to retain the majority of these players and add some much-needed depth to the areas of their system that were severely lacking before the weekend.

Detroit Tigers' 2026 MLB Draft picks

• Round 1, No 22 overall: RHP Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 15)
• Round 2, No. 61 overall: SS Tyson LeBlanc, Kansas (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 113)
• CB Round B, No. 69 overall: RHP Evan Dempsey, Florida Gulf Coast (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 101)
• Round 4, No. 125 overall: SS Dominic Pellegrin, Holy Cross High School
• Round 5, No. 158 overall: RHP Declan Dahl, Louisiana Tech (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 228)
• Round 6, No. 187 overall: SS Maddox Malony, Oregon (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 176)
• Round 7, No. 216 overall: 1B Brady Ballinger, Kansas
• Round 8, No. 246 overall: 3B Robert Omidi, St. Martin Secondary School (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 207)
• Round 9, No. 276 overall: RHP Kenneth Ward, Park University Gilbert
• Round 10, No. 306 overall: RHP Jack Turner, New Mexico State
• Round 11, No. 336 overall: 1B Will Adams, Hoover HS (MLB Pipeline rank: No. 102)
• Round 12, No. 366 overall: OF Tyler West, Salt Lake Community College
• Round 13: No. 396 overall: RHP Jett Johnston, Auburn
• Round 14, No. 426 overall: LHP Edwin Alicea, South Florida
• Round 15, No. 456 overall: RHP Dustin Dunwoody, Royal High School
• Round 16, No. 486 overall: RHP Michael Lane, Delaware State
• Round 17, No. 516 overall: RHP Jack Byers, Artesia High School
• Round 18, No. 546 overall: RHP Drake Meeks, Southern Mississippi
• Round 19, No. 576 overall: RHP Cade Rusch, Bellarmine
• Round 20, No. 606 overall: RHP Will Zielinski, Vauxhall High School

The Tigers took eight consecutive pitchers from Rounds 13-20. Although none were ranked by MLB Pipeline, even just the possibility that one or two of them work out to even decent effect would help Detroit's minor league pitching depth.

They have a fair number of pitchers in their top 30 this season — 11, to be exact — but none in the top five and only three as high as Double-A. If the majority of these college pitchers end up signing, the upper levels could get an infusion of new arms within the next few seasons. Flukey projects to slot right into the Tigers' pipeline as their highest-ranked pitcher.

All told, it was a productive and surprising draft for the Tigers, who reminded fans that they can keep surprising us even when we're convinced they're stuck in their ways.

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