Braves Draft Picks 21 Signed or Is that 23

The final day to sign players chosen in the June draft passed quietly for the Braves They selected 40 players and this morning Joe Morgan reported 21 signed. Meanwhile Baseball America’s Daft Database shows 25 players with draft bonus numbers next to their name which I assume means they believe these players to have signed. As Alan noted in his draft followup BA also shows a $5000 bonus for Matt Tellor which is obviously not right. The definitive answer comes then from the Braves own draft selection page. . .or it should. I say it should because the page itself can’t decide. The draft listing shows 21 players with signing dates so Morgan is right . . then there’s Brandon Barker and Tanner Krietemeier

Phantoms of The Draft

A RHP out of Mercer, Barker was selected in the 16th round of the draft with the 493rd pick. According to the Baseball Cube, in three years at Mercer he started 54 games and threw 279 innings posting a 3.29 ERA with a 1.33 WHIP. He also averaged eight strikeouts per nine innings, a K/BB ratio of 3.12 and a HR/9 of 0.42. It easy to see why they drafted him. In spite of what Morgan and the Braves draft page says, they also apparently signed him because after two game with Rome he’s currently suiting up for Danville. So far he’s appeared in three games there striking out six in his seven innings of work.

Krietemeier was selected in the 23rd round of the draft. The 6’2″ 210 pound Oklahoma State first baseman hit .275 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI this season and I’m pretty sure he signed because he’s blowing up the Sally League at Rome with a .300/.400/.400/.800 line. Okay he’s 9-30 with a double and a triple in 35 PA but he has walked five times while striking out just thee and that’s a nice start.

The Rest of The Draft

That settled here’s a list of the rest of those signed in the draft.

RND	PICK	PLAYER	POS	ST	BONUS	Team
1	32	Braxton Davidson	OF	NC	$1,705,000	GCLB
2	66	Garrett Fulenchek	RHP	TX	$1,000,000	GCLB
3	102	Max Povse	RHP	NC	$425,000	Dan
4	133	Chad Sobotka	RHP	SC	$400,000	GCLB
5	163	Chris Diaz	LHP	FL	$285,500	Rome
6	193	Keith Curcio	OF	FL	$225,000	Dan
7	223	Luke Dykstra	2B	CA	$163,900	GCLB
8	253	Bradley Roney	RHP	MS	$153,000	Dan
9	283	Jordan Edgerton	3B	NC	$115,000	Dan
10	313	Matt Tellor	1B	MO	$5,000	GCLB
11	343	Luis Gamez	RHP	AZ		GCLB
14	433	Joseph Daris	OF	CA		Dan
15	463	Caleb Dirks	RHP	CA		Rome
16	493	Brandon Barker	RHP	GA		Rome
18	553	Jacob Webb	RHP	KS		GCLB
19	583	Codey McElroy	SS	OK		Dan
20	613	Wigberto Nevarez	C	TX		GCLB
22	673	Sean Godfrey	OF	IN		Rome
23	703	Tanner Krietemeier	!B	Ok		Rome
25	763	Kyle Kinman	LHP	NE		Dan
26	793	Trevor Sprowl	2B	AL		Dan
28	853	Matt Sims	RHP	TX		Dan
31	943	Sal Giardina	C	FL		Rome
38	1,153	John J. Franco	2B	RI		GCLB

As I noted earlier the bonus amounts are from the BA database. Tellor’s is quite probably wrong, the rest have not been reported anywhere I can find.

Just to round things out here are the folks chosen in the draft who didn’t sign

RND	Pick	Player	POS
12	373	Patrick Dorrian	2B
13	403	Caleb Beech	RHP
17	523	Ashton Perritt	RHP
21	643	Jake Godfrey	RHP
24	733	Kevin Reiher	C
27	823	Carl Stajduhar	1B
29	883	Dazon Cole	RHP
30	913	Jared James	OF
32	973	Tucker Baca	LHP
33	1,003	Doug Still	LHP
34	1,033	Nick Leonard	RHP
35	1,063	Ryan Kokora	RHP
36	1,093	Larry Crisler	OF
37	1,123	Gavin Sheets	1B
39	1,183	Grayson Byrd	SS
40	1,213	Randy Santiesteban	2B

That’s A Wrap

The whole signed or not signed issue is more funny than important of course but still it’s nice to be ahead once in a while. It’s way too early to look at the players and know how we did in the draft. Frequently late round players turn out to have a big impact; Kris Medlen is great example. The best we can hope for is the player’s continued good health and that when they get the chance to show what they can do they give it all they have every day. That’s all anyone can ask of any player.

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