Horn is one of numerous baseball players with ties to the states of Missouri and Kansas who were drafted this week.

The Detroit Tigers are pushing in all their chips on a high-upside pitching prospect in the 11th round of the MLB Draft. It may be a stroke of genius — or not.

The Seattle Mariners made Hayden Murphy the fourth pitcher picked from Auburn ’s 2025 team in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft when the American League club selected the right-hander at No. 453 on Monday. Murphy attracted big-league attention even though his 2025 campaign didn’t go as well as hoped.

The Baltimore Orioles took Ike Irish 19th overall in the 2025 MLB Draft, giving Auburn baseball a first-round draftee for the first time since 2020.

Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres and left fielder Riley Greene will bat 1-2 in manager Aaron Boone’s lineup.

Boston took a pitcher in the first round for the first time since Tanner Houck, and continued the trend on Tuesday.