Official Draft Day, Post-Draft Thread

rico43

rico43

<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
2017 ATLANTA BRAVES DRAFT
(Signed players in BOLD; x will not sign)
1. (5) Kyle Wright, RHP, Vanderbilt
2. (41) Drew Waters, OF, Etowah (Ga.) HS
3. (80) Freddy Tarnok, RHP, Riverview (Fla.) HS
4. (110) Troy Bacon, RHP, Santa Fe CC
5. (140) Bruce Zimmerman, LHP Mt. Olive U.
6. (170) Jordan Rodgers, 3B, Tennessee
7. (200) Landon Hughes, RHP, Ga. Southern (Marietta Sprayberry)
8. (230) John Curtis, LHP, Lenoir-Rhyne U.
9. (260) Riley Delgado, SS, MTSU
10. (290) Jacob Belinda, RHP, Lock Haven U.
(rounds 5-10 are all college seniors)
11. (320) Drew Lugbauer, C, Michigan (Jr.)
12. (350) Hagen Owenby, C ETSU
13. (380) Connor Simmons, LHP, Ga. Southern
14. (410) Keith Weisenberg, RHP, Stanford
15. (440) Austin Bush, 1B, UCSB
16. (470) Gary Schwartz, OF, Grand Canyon U.
17. (500) Cutter Dyals, RHP, NC A&T
18. (530) Zack Soria, C, FIU (Sr.)
19. (560) Tanner Allison, LHP, W. Michigan
20. (590) Justin Smith, OF, St.John's River College
21. (620) Conner Johnstone, RHP, Wake Forest
22. (650) Justin Morhardt, C, Bryan College (Tenn.)
23. (680) Troy Conyers, LHP, U. San Diego (Sr.)
24. (710) Jackson Lourie, RHP, Rhodes (Sr.)
x 25. (740) Jake Taylor, C, Shawnee HS (Oklahoma State)
26. (770) Charlie Carpenter, C, S. Carolina-Upstate
x 27. (800) Randy Bednar, CF, Landon School (Maryland)
x 28. (830) Brett Brocoff, RHP, Desert Oasis HS (Utah)
29. (860) Cade Cavalli, RHP, Bixby HS (Oklahoma)
30. (890) Hayden Wynja, LHP, Heritage Christian HS (Purdue) (6-foot-8)
x 31. (920) Ryan Miller, RHP, Clemson
x 32. (950) Reid Detmers, LHP, Glenwood HS (Louisville)
x 33. (980) Chris McMahon, RHP, West Chester Rustin HS (Miami U.)
34. (1010) Ricky Negron, UTL, Tampa U.
x 35. (1040) Jason Rooks, OF, Walton HS (Georgia Tech)
36. (1070) Chase Blueberg, RHP, Feather River Col.
37. (1100) Dean Miller, OF, Riverside CC (Cal-Riverside)
38. (1130) Adam Groesbeck, OF, USAFA
39. (1160) Joe Sanchez, LHP, TERRA of Miami (FIU)
x 40. (1190) Baron Radcliff, OF, Norcross HS (Georgia Tech)
 
First time in a long time I've felt that we couldn't mess it up and we didn't. I understood the strategy last year even if I didn't agree with it, but this draft is off to a great start and the last two have been phenomenal...I'll defer to Bridges who has nailed these drafts lately.
 
I'm still overwhelmingly stunned that they took Wright!!! Too stoked right now! The arms in this system man oh man!!!!!
 
Just one week ago, there were a few draft evaluators thinking that Wright was going to be number 1. In any case, you love to see quotes like MLB.com's Jim Callis thinks the Twins will bypass those two talents (McKay and Greene), saying that Wright "has a higher ceiling than McKay and a higher floor than Greene."
 
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