CONTEST: Guess who the Braves draft.

[50PoundHead]

Only 27 first round picks

Then how come it says Round 1, Pick 30 on the MLB Draft Tracker?

 

[Bj1133]

Could have fooled me. It is in the first round after all.

3 teams lost their 1st rounder because of signing FA's = 27 first round picks

 

[gilesfan]

Then how come it says Round 1, Pick 30 on the MLB Draft Tracker?

It's wrong

 

[KB21]

Indians took Justus Sheffield at 31

 

[DaneHill]

I think we can throw out all previous drafts as comparisons if we're talking money. Braves might open the pocket books for some talent to start hitting the Big Leagues when they open that new stadium. Would be smart to anyway.

 

[BlackwaterPark]

I want a hitter at a power position

 

[50PoundHead]

3 teams lost their 1st rounder because of signing FA's = 27 first round picks

They have made it a really effed up system.

 

[KB21]

Braves are taking Braxton Davidson

 

[nsacpi]

Braxton

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

Speculation on Twitter is pointing at Spencer Adams. Though that appears it's not the case.

 

[Heyward]

Speculation on Twitter is pointing at Spencer Adams. Though that appears it's not the case.

Twitter was wrong

 

[KB21]

I posted a video of Braxton earlier in the thread. Kid has some serious power potential. May not have a defensive position other than 1B though.

 

[gilesfan]

I would have taken Gatewood

 

[Heyward]

Anyone know much about him, maybe a Heyward or JUp replacement?

 

[50PoundHead]

Big power guy. Sounds like a bit of a lug, but lots of power potential. Taken right about where most services had him.

 

[BlackwaterPark]

Pick sounds good

 

[gilesfan]

Quick bat, good power potential. Quiet approach. Patient hitter. Defense mAy be a concern.

 

[50PoundHead]

I posted a video of Braxton earlier in the thread. Kid has some serious power potential. May not have a defensive position other than 1B though.

BA says he can probably play a corner OF. Always hard to tell. Like gilesfan, I'd have gone a bit more athletic here. Sounds a bit like a LHH version of Eric Campbell.

 

[nsacpi]

Hopefully more in the mold of Freeman and Heyward than Cody Johnson. Been a while since we've picked a masher early.

 

[Tapate50]

Per mlb network, the best bat available by far. Just read where he would have been a top 5 pick if he had a defined position on D...Sounded optimistic...