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Not enought PAs to qualify.

If the Braves were contending, the equation would be different. What gets overlooked is not whether he is ready, but whether the team should stick him on the 40-man before they have to, start his service clock, and maybe get in an option bind,

I remember seeing video of both Joey Wentz and Kyle Muller from their high school days when they were hitters as well as pitchers. They are both big guys and they were just ripping the ball as hitters.

I can't take it seriously. No Larvell Blanks or Mike de la Hoz. Woody Woodward at SS.

University of Virginia RHP Jay Woolfolk is the Braves #12 Jay Woolfolk Baseball Reference Page Jay Woolfolk UVA Page

Braves #11 is UAB RHP Colin Daniel Colin Daniel UAB Page Colin Daniel Baseball Reference Page

It's a nice mix of players (can't predict how they will turn out) but some college, some high school, mix between pitchers and position players and they don't seem to be trying to do bonus gymnastics to the degree they have done in the past. In two days, remind me how wrong my assessment is.

I'm not going to even guess on bonus amounts. Braves have usually gone for savings in Rounds 7 through 10 (although there's not a ton of savings to be had as slot amounts go down) and they did select college seniors in Rounds 8, 9, and 10. McKenzie and Essenberg stand out as the two that they...

Kade Woods LSU Page Kade Woods Baseball Reference Page

I forgot about Henry Cotto.

Logan Braunschweig UAB Page Logan Braunschweig Baseball Reference Page

Not many players have a lunch meat named after them.

Carter Lovasz William & Mary Page Carter Lovasz Baseball Reference Page

No one knows. Baseball draft is the most random of all drafts. You often don't know where the high school guys are in their stage of physical development or their level of competition (although that has evened out in the showcase era). Don't know on college guys either.

Zach Royse UTSA Page Zach Royse Baseball Reference Page

Only thing I see from Williams ECU page is a fair amount of power but he hit less than .300 his junior year. I know batting average can be overblown as a value, but I think a college hitter should clear the .300 threshold to be considered a true prospect. Now watch him prove me wrong. Dixon...

I know nothing about his talent, but I think Cameron Appenzeller clearly has some name power.

I think one place the Braves have excelled is finding guys that for some reason or another didn't pan out in different organizations and getting quality innings out of them. In the case of Holmes, I think some of it revolved around his recovery from shoulder injuries, but Dylan Lee is another...

I think Wentz may get a longer look seeing he has had some--though very isolated--success at the major league level. The fact that Chavez is on the roster is a real indictment on the Braves. I'm with Hudson on Waldrep, but in what looks like it's shaping up to be a lost season, I don't know...

Waldrep's control is at least in the solar system. Ryan Cusick's is somewhere near Alpha Centuri. Braves have taken some puzzling picks in the first round under Anthopoulos, but the pre-draft analysis on Waldrep seemed to indicate it was a solid pick. Someone on the Braves' scouting staff...