BBA Reviews Braves 2015 Draft

[rico43]

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POSITION PLAYERS

BEST PURE HITTER: 3B Austin Riley (1s) entered his senior spring with more buzz as a pitching prospect, but he proved himself with his righthanded bat, and showed the ability to make adjustments when he got to pro ball. Riley could develop into a plus hitter. » BEST POWER HITTER: Riley has plus power and he already shows an ability to use it in games. In the Appy League and GCL, Riley swatted 12 home runs and slugged .544 in 60 games. » FASTEST RUNNER: OF Justin Ellison (12) has plus speed; he’s a lefthanded hitter who can get from the batter’s box to first base in less than 4.1 seconds. His speed also plays well in center field, as he runs well under way. » BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER: The Braves added one of the best defensive catchers in the class in C Lucas Herbert (2), the battery mate of their first selection, LHP Kolby Allard (1). Herbert’s pro debut was cut short by a meniscus tear, but he returned to the field for instructional league this fall.

I think most people here know who the top pitcher is. One revelation I will share is that closer-in-the-making Chase Johnson-Mullins has kept growing: he's now 6-foot-9.

[bravesfanMatt]

Mullins kid is a giant. He isn't lanky either. 250+. Another guy that has great pitching numbers out of the pen is a 30 something round pick Matt Custred. He had a low walk rate. A huge k rate and low whip and era. I might edit this with his numbers in a minute.

Ok in almost 33 innings he had a whip of .80. With 46 Ks and 9BB sub 1.38 ERA

[smootness]

Allard is obviously the top pitcher, but it's pretty amazing that Soroka has given someone reason to at least pause before making that claim.

[Julio3000]

Allard is obviously the top pitcher, but it's pretty amazing that Soroka has given someone reason to at least pause before making that claim.

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+100

[50PoundHead]

Mullins kid is a giant. He isn't lanky either. 250+. Another guy that has great pitching numbers out of the pen is a 30 something round pick Matt Custred. He had a low walk rate. A huge k rate and low whip and era. I might edit this with his numbers in a minute.

Ok in almost 33 innings he had a whip of .80. With 46 Ks and 9BB sub 1.38 ERA

I don't know if they'll ever pitch in the big leagues, but I'll put a Sobotka, Povse, Johnson-Mullins front-line up against any opposing organization on the hardcourt.

[cajunrevenge]

"The Braves didn’t stick to industry consensus, especially with Austin Riley, and they were rewarded."

[rico43]

"The Braves didn’t stick to industry consensus, especially with Austin Riley, and they were rewarded."

Sounds like Andrelton Simmons all over again, doesn't it?

[cajunrevenge]

No, no it doesnt.

[nsacpi]

The most impressive aspect of this draft to me are the three HS kids they got after the tenth round. Suarez. Hellinger. Keller. All three had impressive debuts.

[bravesfanMatt]

So I did a little research to see how the Braves 2015 class was doing.. I listed them in order of draft. the guys who didn't sign were obviously left off..the highest draft pick that signed was Matthew Custred in round 31.. but his numbers are really good as you will see...
I also didn't realize that there were more 20ish type guys that the Braves drafted this year.
for the most part, these are some good performances.. there is also a 20 year old catcher who put up an almost .900 ops..

Kolby Allard LHP 0-0 0 era 6 ip 0 bb 12 ks age 18.02
Mike Soroka RHP 0-2 3.75 ERA 34 IP 5 bb 37 ks age 18.03

Austin Riley 3B 252 pa .304 avg .933 ops 12 hr 40 rbi age 18.154
he has 26 BB but has struck out a 65 times.. that needs to come down.

Lucas Herbert C hurt

Alex Minter LHP hurt

Anthony Guardado RHP only 1 IP 2BB no ERA age 17.293

Josh Graham RHP 1-1 2.60 ERA 17.1 IP 3 BB 21 K age 21.324
Ryan Clark RHP 6-1 3.08 era 52.2 ip 10 BB 40 K AGE 21.268

Matt Withrow RHP 0-4 3.56 era 48 IP 16 BB 35 K AGE 21.345

Patrick Weigel RHP 0-3 4.53 era 51.2 IP 26 BB 49 K AGE 21.057

Ryan Lawlor LHP 1-0 2.96 ERA 27.1 IP 12 BB 25 K AGE 21.238

Taylor Lewis RHP 1-2 1.77 ERA 20.1 IP 6 BB 15 K AGE 21.334

Stephen Moore RHP 2-0 1.64 ERA 22 IP 7 BB 8 K AGE 23.128

Grayson Jones RHP 4-3 3.03 ERA 32.2 IP 19 BB 27 K AGE 21.012

Justin Ellison CF 198 PA .247 AVG .729 OPS 5 HR 28 RBI AGE 20.209

Chase Johnson-Mullins LHP 0-3 2.81 ERA 25.2 IP 17 BB 21 K
AGE 21.046 this guy is 6 ' 9" 280 LBS look at some photos online...WOW

Trey Keegan C 101 PA .267 AVG .657 OPS 0 HR 6 RB AGE 22.115

Bradley Keller OF 162 PA .245 AVG .671 OPS 3 HR 17 RBI AGE 18.262

Trevor Belicek LHP 4-0 2.77 era 52 IP 9 BB 40 K AGE 22.267

Evan Phillips RHP 2-3 2.93 ERA 27.2 IP 12 BB 32 K AGE 20.357

Gilbert Suarez RHP 0-1 4.54 ERA 35.2 ip 15 BB 33 K AGE 18.076

Sean McLaughlin RHP 0-1 3.13 ERA 37.1 IP 13 BB 42 K AGE 21.110

Jaret Hellinger LHP 2-2 3.15 ERA 34.1 IP 14 BB 33 K AGE 18.289
Kurt Hoekstra 2B 193 PA .257 AVG .727 OPS 2 HR 18 RBI AGE 22.068

Dalton Geekie RHP 4-0 1.73 ERA 26 IP 9 BB 25 K AGE 20.335

Taylor Cockrell RHP 1-1 6.10 ERA 10.1 IP 5 BB 14 K AGE 21.074
Jake Lanning 3B 148 PA .273 AVG .686 OPS 0 HR 16 RBI AGE 22.211

Jonathan Morales C 152 PA .304 AVG .889 OPS 7 HR 22 RBI AGE 20.217
he only has 14 Ks and 14 BB

Ben Libuda LHP 5-2 5.60 ERA 27.1 IP 15 BB 19 K AGE 22.142

Robert Nesovic 3B NO DATA

Collin Yelich C 150 PA .242 AVG .676 OPS 1 HR 13 RBI AGE 21.337
he seems to walk a lot 15 Ks 23 BB

Matthew Custred RHP 1-0 1.38 AVG 32.2 IP 9 BB 46 K AGE 21.012 this guy had some saves too..big K/9 rate for him.

sorry if there are a lot of extra spaces and junk... I did this in a spread sheet and they are hard to move over