Major League Baseball’s 2015 draft begins on Monday evening at 7pm ET on MLB Network and will go through the first two rounds of the draft. The Atlanta Braves will have five selections to choose from during the first day. The Braves have picks 14, 28, 41, 54, and 75.
After weeks of mock drafts and speculation of who the Braves will take, we get to find out tonight. Braves beat writer, Mark Bowman, let us in on a few tips about what the Braves may go after on Monday.
Expect the #Braves to get back to the days when their Drafts were traditionally high-school and pitching-heavy.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) June 7, 2015
So we should expect the Braves to select high school players and mostly pitchers on Monday night. Let’s look into the top 40 high school players biased on a post from MaxPreps.
1. Brendan Rodger – SS (possibly #1 pick), (FL)
2. Dazmon Cameron – OF, (GA)
3. Kolby Allard – P, OF, (CA)
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4. Justin Hooper – LHP, 1B, (CA)
5. Ashe Russell – RHP, (IN)
6. Chris Betts – C, RHP (CA)
7. Mike Nikorak – RHP, OF (PA)
8. Trent Clark – CF, LHP (TX)
9. Nick Plummer – OF (MI)
10. Beau Burrows – OF, RHP (TX)
11. Kyle Tucker – OF, RHP (FL)
12. Luken Baker – RHP (TX)
13. Mitchell Hansen – OF, LHP (TX)
14. Ke’bryan Hayes – 3B, RHP (TX)
15. Cornelius Randolph – SS, 2B (GA)
16. Kyle Molnar – RHP, OF (CA)
17. Juan Hillman – LHP (FL)
18. Jahmai Jones – OF, INF (GA)
19. Ryan Johnson – OF, RHP (TX)
20. Ryan Mountcastle – SS (FL)
21. Austin Smith – RHP, 1B (FL)
22. Donny Everett – RHP, 1B (TN)
23. Nick Shumpert – SS (CO)
24. Cadyn Grenier – RHP, SS (NV)
25. Alonzo Jones – INF, OF (GA)
26. Joe DeMers – RHP, SS (CA)
27. Devin Davis – 1B, DH (CA)
28. Chandler Day – P, OF (OH)
29. Wyatt Cross – C, 1B (CO)
30. Greg Pickett – OF, RHP (CO)
31. Cole Mckay – UTL (TX)
32. Danny Reyes – OF (FL)
33. Kep Brown – OF, RHP (SC)
34. Tristan McKenzie – RHP, 1B (FL)
35. Tristin English – P, 1B (GA)
36. Christopher Chatfield – OF (FL)
37. Kody Clemens – SS, P (TX)
38. Austin Riley – INF, P (MS)
39. Nicholas Neidert – RHP, SS (GA)
40. Thomas Szapucki – LHP (FL)
If you look at a few players from around the Atlanta, Georgia area you might want to become familiar with names like – Tucker, Randolph, Hillman, Jahmai Jones, Mountcastle, Smith, Alonzo Jones, Reyes, Brown,
McKenzie, English, Chatfield, Neidert, Szapucki.
One thing strange that I noticed from this list is Tyler Stephenson wasn’t even listed. This catcher from Georgia has been linked to the Braves recently, but could go in the top 10 and probably will be selected before the Braves pick.
MLB has published their last mock draft and with the #14 pick they have the Braves selecting Cornelius Randolph. Not the pitching arm, but looks to be a very solid middle infielder with a good bat. Randolph falls to the Braves, they will probably pick him. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports is saying that Randolph will sign for $2.4M after asking $4M all spring.
We will see in a few hours who the Braves go with, but expect pitching, high school players, prospects that are athletic who can play multiple positions and kids that are originally located from around the Georgia area.
Check out Fred’s report from June 6th, it takes you through all the rumors and prospects the Braves could possible select.