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Atlanta Braves Mock Draft: Who will they take at 9 and 21

By Jake Mastroianni

GLENDALE, AZ - MARCH 04: The shadow of pitcher Scott Elbert #57 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he throws warm ups before the spring training game against the San Francisco Giants at Camelback Ranch on March 4, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - MARCH 04: The shadow of pitcher Scott Elbert #57 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he throws warm ups before the spring training game against the San Francisco Giants at Camelback Ranch on March 4, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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ST LOUIS, MO – MAY 25: Mike  Soroka #40 of the Atlanta Braves delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning at Busch Stadium on May 25, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MO – MAY 25: Mike  Soroka #40 of the Atlanta Braves delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning at Busch Stadium on May 25, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) /

The 2019 MLB Draft is finally here, and it’s time we find out who the Atlanta Braves will take with their two first round picks.

Last year the Atlanta Braves failed to sign their first-round pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, which is why they have the ninth pick in this year’s draft in addition to the 21st pick for where they finished in the standings a season ago.

The Atlanta Braves had two picks in the first round of the 2015 MLB Draft and selected Kolby Allard at 14 and Mike Soroka at 28. I think most Braves fans would take a similar result in this year’s draft.

To catch up on all of our draft coverage, go here.

Live coverage of the 2019 MLB Draft will begin on Monday, June 3 with the first two rounds being announced on MLB Network starting at 7 p.m. ET.

Rounds 3-10 will be picked on Tuesday, and then rounds 11-40 will happen on Wednesday with the picks being announced on MLB.com.

Overall, the Atlanta Braves will have four picks in the top 100. This should be a great opportunity for the Braves to continue to stockpile the farm system.

I won’t go too thick in the weeds about the slot values and signing bonus, but FanGraphs does a great job of breaking that down here.

The reason the Atlanta Braves have been hesitant to sign a free agent like Craig Kimbrel who has a qualifying offer attached to them is because they would lose the $1.157 million in bonus pool money that comes with the 60th overall pick.

But as it stands, they will have the sixth most bonus pool money to work with, which should allow them go above slot on one of their top picks.

Predicting the MLB Draft is a fool’s errand, but we’ll do our best to prepare you for the Braves first-round picks and who they might be targeting.

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