Daniel Cabrera #8

Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the Competitive Balance Round B (No. 62 overall) of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Louisiana State University... signed with the Tigers on June 24, 2020 and received a $1.2 million bonus, which was just over the $1,102,700 value assigned to Cabrera’s slot as the No. 62 overall pick... previously drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 26th round of the 2017 MLB Draft but did not sign... was a 2020 preseason All-American who hit .345 with two home runs before the college season ended at LSU due to Covid-19... made his Minor League debut on May 4, 2021 with High-A West Michigan, drawing a walk in four plate appearances... recorded his first professional hit on May 5 at Fort Wayne when he went 1-for-4 with an RBI... scored his first Minor League run on May 6 at Fort Wayne... scored the game-winning run in a walk-off victory over Great Lakes on May 12... named to the Cape Cod League All-Star Team in the summer of 2019 as a member of the Harwich Mariners... majored in Interdisciplinary Studies at LSU... hit .284 (64-for-225) with 12 doubles, two triples, 12 homers, 50 RBI and 40 runs in 2019 at LSU... hit .315 (69-for-219) with 18 doubles, two triples, eight homers, 54 RBI and 38 runs ... started 34 games in left field, five games in right field and 19 games at DH in 2018 at LSU... also in 2018, Cabrera played for the U.S. Collegiate National Team, was selected as Freshman All-SEC, was voted SEC Freshman of the Week (May 14) and was named 2018 Louisiana Freshman of the Year... attended Parkview Baptist High School in Louisiana, where he was rated the No. 82 prospect in the 2017 MLB Draft by Baseball America and named the top player in Louisiana by Max Preps... played in the summer of 2017 in the Cal Ripken League – a collegiate summer league – for the Gaithersburg (Md.) Giants, and he batted .339; was voted Baseball America’s No. 2 pro prospect in the Cal Ripken League... played his first three high school seasons at John Curtis High School in River Ridge, La., where he was named the Outstanding Player in the New Orleans Metro Area in 2015 and 2016... parents are Lenny and Nancy Cabrera.