Atlanta Braves First Draft Pick Kolby Allard

Kolby Allard

With the 14th pick of the 2015 MLB Draft the Atlanta Braves selected Kolby Allard.

Allard is a lefty with a pitch arsenal that scouts believe will have two if not three plus pitches.  At least they did before being diagnosed with a stress reaction injury to his back and missing most of this spring.

Prior to his injury his fastball was already a plus pitch but Keith Law rated it a future 60. His curve is not quite a yellow hammer but it does drop in hard from 1 to 6 and can be impossible to hit. His change is a work is progress but could well turn into a plus pitch as well.

His deliver is a work in progress and has enough flaws to make some scouts flinch. He throws across his body and that results in a recoil that’ hard on the whole body; worse that Alex Wood. Any delivery that complicated is going to be hard to repeat and Allard does have issues in that area.

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A back injury at his age is worrisome and there were a lot of pitchers with better stuff on the board who weren’t injured. That makes this look like a sign below slot shot and hope he stays healthy shot.

Allard projects as a middle of the rotation arm.