Atlanta Braves Draft Day 3 – Part 3
By Fred Owens
Atlanta Braves Draft Day 3 – Part 3
This is the third installment and last installment about the Atlanta Braves late round draft choices.
Information is getting scarce and some will be playing soon so Ben can cast his gaze upon them and let us know what he sees.
Round 22: Alex Lee, 1B, L/R, Samford, Senior, 6’1″ 195lbs, 10/23/93
Congrats to Samford Baseball’s Alex Lee -22nd round pick (649th overall player selected) by the Atlanta Braves! pic.twitter.com/n9A9S4R8na
— Samford Sports (@SamfordSports) June 11, 2016
Lee (@Alex_Lee32) was the second Samford player chosen in the MLB Draft behind outfielder Heath Quinn who was taken Friday in the third round. An article on AL.com says that Lee was “two-time All-Southern Conference performer” and “was named a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week” on April 25.
Not much information about Lee. Here are his stats from college and a few games on the New England League from the Baseball Cube.
| Year | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | |||
| Team | CALCC | CALCC | Samford | New Bedford Bay Sox | Samford | Totals | ||
| Lg | ACCC | ACCC | SoCon | NE CG LG | SoCon | NCAA (4 yrs) | NE CG LG | ALL |
| Age | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| G | 47 | 49 | 55 | 12 | 61 | 212 | 12 | 224 |
| PA | 186 | 213 | 242 | 280 | 921 | 962 | ||
| AB | 160 | 167 | 207 | 34 | 239 | 773 | 34 | 807 |
| HR | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| RBI | 40 | 32 | 49 | 5 | 45 | 166 | 5 | 171 |
| BB | 17 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 108 | 6 | 114 |
| SO | 19 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 28 | 113 | 11 | 124 |
| AVG | .375 | .317 | .343 | .147 | .335 | .342 | .147 | .333 |
| OBP | .440 | .433 | .425 | .293 | .421 | .429 | .293 | .423 |
| SLG | .569 | .515 | .575 | .176 | .523 | .545 | .176 | .529 |
| OPS | 1.009 | .948 | 1.000 | .469 | .944 | .974 | .469 | .952 |
| ISO | .194 | .198 | .232 | .029 | .188 | .203 | .029 | .196 |
| BAbip | .403 | .317 | .401 | ND | .340 | .363 | ND | ND |
| K/BB | 1.12 | 0.63 | 1.81 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.05 | ND | 1.0877 |
| AB/HR | 40 | 23.9 | 20.7 | N/A | 21.7 | 24.2 | ND | 25.2 |
ND- No Data
Lee’s numbers look good, let’s hope they translate to pro-ball.
Round 23: Griffin Benson, 1B, B/R, Aledo HS,6’5″ 210lbs, 09/28/97 The site
High school players are pretty tough to find deep scouting reports on but I did find a couple of short showcase videos. The site won’t let me embed the clip so click the link to take a look. one a batting practice clip and the other a fielding clip.
A's Griffin Benson signs his contract with the Braves! Heading out in a couple of days to Orlando pic.twitter.com/LBtdjQ9r9i
— Arlington A's Baseball (@arlingtonas1988) June 13, 2016
Next: 24 & 25