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Lakeview Grad Jake Bivens Drafted by the Tigers
The Tigers took 30 more players in baseball’s three-day draft, including 2014 Lakeview High School Graduate Jake Bivens.
Bivens was the 27th selection by the Tigers. Bivens, an infielder, just finished his junior year at Michigan, where he’s batting .318 over three seasons with the Wolverines. Bivens was an All-Big Ten third team selection in 2016. Also drafted was Bivens’ teammate, left handed pitcher Grant Reuss. The Tigers drafted 40 players overall. 21 of those picks were pitchers. Michigan had a school record 11 players drafted by Major League teams.
The list of players selected by the Tigers in the 2017 draft is as follows:
Rd. | Player | Position | Ht. | Wt. | B/T | Age | School |
1 | Alex Faedo | RHP | 6-5 | 220 | R/R | 21 | University of Florida |
2 | Reynaldo Rivera | OF | 6-6 | 250 | L/R | 21 | Chipola College |
3 | Joey Morgan | C | 6-0 | 205 | R/R | 20 | University of Washington |
4 | Gio Arriera | RHP | 6-2 | 220 | R/R | 19 | Palm Beach State College |
5 | Sam McMillan | C | 6-0 | 190 | R/R | 18 | Suwannee HS (FL) |
6 | Dane Myers | RHP | 6-2 | 205 | R/R | 21 | Rice University |
7 | Brad Bass | RHP | 6-6 | 250 | R/R | 21 | University of Notre Dame |
8 | Max Green | LHP | 6-1 | 175 | L/L | 21 | Pepperdine University |
9 | Luke Burch | OF | 6-2 | 185 | L/L | 23 | Kent State University |
10 | Garrett McCain | OF | 6-0 | 185 | R/L | 21 | Oklahoma State University |
11 | Garett King | RHP | 6-4 | 189 | R/R | 21 | California Baptist University |
12 | Will Vest | RHP | 6-0 | 180 | R/R | 22 | Stephen F. Austin St. University |
13 | Cole Peterson | SS | 5-11 | 160 | L/R | 21 | St. Bonaventure University |
14 | Antoine Mistico | CF | 5-10 | 175 | L/R | 19 | Chandler HS (AZ) |
15 | Teddy Hoffman | RF | 6-0 | 200 | R/R | 20 | Texas State University |
16 | Carson Lance | RHP | 6-5 | 240 | R/R | 22 | Lamar University |
17 | Billy Lescher | RHP | 6-4 | 215 | R/R | 21 | University of Pennsylvania |
18 | Dylan Rosa | LF | 6-2 | 210 | R/R | 20 | Kent State University |
19 | Ryan Karstetter | 3B | 6-4 | 210 | R/R | 20 | State College of Florida Manatee - Sarasota |
20 | Dylan Burdeaux | 1B | 6-2 | 230 | R/R | 23 | University of Southern Mississippi |
21 | Jordan Pearce | 3B | 6-2 | 200 | L/R | 21 | University of Nevada Reno |
22 | Colby Bortles | 3B | 6-5 | 225 | R/R | 22 | University of Mississippi |
23 | Mitchell Stalsberg | LHP | 6-1 | 200 | L/L | 21 | Winona State University |
24 | Jordan Knutson | LHP | 6-0 | 175 | R/L | 22 | Missouri State University |
25 | Dylan Stock | RHP | 6-4 | 195 | R/R | 20 | Binghamton University |
26 | Drew Crosby | LHP | 6-0 | 196 | R/L | 21 | University of Memphis |
27 | Jake Bivens | UTL | 6-1 | 185 | L/R | 22 | University of Michigan |
28 | Cameron Warner | 2B | 6-2 | 188 | R/R | 23 | Texas Christian University |
29 | Grant Reuss | LHP | 6-5 | 230 | R/L | 21 | University of Michigan |
30 | Kyle Thomas | RHP | 6-3 | 195 | R/R | 22 | University of Northwestern Ohio |
31 | Nick Storz | RHP | 6-6 | 242 | R/R | 19 | Poly Prep Country Day School (NY) |
32 | Drew Carlton | RHP | 6-1 | 207 | R/R | 21 | Florida State University |
33 | Jake Nelson | RHP | 6-3 | 215 | R/R | 20 | University of Pennsylvania |
34 | Ronell Coleman | CF | 5-5 | 155 | S/R | 22 | Vanderbilt University |
35 | Jeff Criswell | RHP | 6-2 | 201 | R/R | 18 | Portage Central HS (MI) |
36 | Jesse Heikkinen | LHP | 6-1 | 180 | L/L | 18 | Holt HS (MI) |
37 | Shane Cooper | SS | 5-11 | 185 | R/R | 22 | Hutchinson CC |
38 | Steven Mann | CF | 5-10 | 190 | R/R | 18 | Detroit Country Day School (MI) |
39 | Jack Leftwich | RHP | 6-3 | 205 | R/R | 18 | TNXL Academy (FL) |
40 | Rhys Cratty | 2B | 5-11 | 185 | R/R | 18 | Langley SS (British Columbia) |
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