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Atlanta Braves MLB draft review part 4: Selections 31-40

By Fred Owens

SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 5: Commissioner Allan H. Bud Selig at the podium during the MLB First-Year Player Draft at the MLB Network Studio on June 5, 2014 in Secacucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 5: Commissioner Allan H. Bud Selig at the podium during the MLB First-Year Player Draft at the MLB Network Studio on June 5, 2014 in Secacucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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Here’s the final installment of my review of the Atlanta Braves MLB draft day-three selections. All of these players are unranked but have a tool that caught the team’s eye.

We are down to the last 10 selection in the MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves. Should you want to catch up on the earlier reviews, click the day you like to review from this list: The first pick. pick number two, pick number three, day two, day three part one, day three part two, or day three part three.

There are 10 players in this post and, as before, I’m piecing together scouting information from multiple sources, including Baseball America (BA), MLB Pipeline, Perfect Game (PG) and the Baseball Cube — as well as schools and online news pages.

Some players have more data available than others; the farther a player is from the 500 best prospects I get, the harder it is to find anything.

As I get to the end, it’s possible all I’ll have is a name and school data.

For those you who want to see a list of every player drafted, I’ve included a link to MLB’s’ draft tracker.

Leban RHP R/R 6-3 235 NR @DaRealGregLeban

Round 31 Overall pick 937  Austin Peay State University (TN)

According to his Bio page, Leban graduated from Sammamish HS (WA) in 2014, where he earned Honorable Mention All-King County Class 3A/2A, after a senior year when he appeared in nine games, threw 25 2/3 innings and struck out 17 while posting a 3.82 ERA.

He attended Colby Community College (KS) and had a successful freshman campaign, posting a 4-0 record in nine games – four starts – and striking out 30 batters in 19 2/3 IP.

The next season, he appeared in 15 games, starting 12, winning six, losing three, and striking out 65 batters in 66 2/3 IP and earned a selection to Division I All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College West Team.

Year W L G GS IP ER HR BB SO WHIP ERA
2015 4 0 16 4 19 2/3 17 2 28 30 2.33 7.78
2016 6 3 15 12 66 2/3 30 5 53 65 1.62 4.05
Totals  10 3 31 16 86 1/3 47 7 81 95 1.78 4.90

Statistics from Colby CC

This video shows Laban pitching in April 2017, viewed from behind the catcher.

His first season at Austin Peay (2018), Leban made his only  start and pitched 3 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run/

Year Team W L G GS IP ER HR BB SO WHIP ERA
2018 Austin 1 2 14 1 18 19 5 25 19 2.72 9.50
2019 Austin 3 0 28 0 36 14 4 28 64 1.53 3.50
Totals    4 2 42 1 54 33 9 51 83 1.89 4.90

Statistics from Austin Peay

Martinsville Marauders College summer wooden bat league

Year Team W L G GS SV IP ER HR BB SO WHIP ERA
2018 Summer 0 2 15 0 0 17 10 2 26 29 2.18 5.29

Statistics from The Baseball Cube

The Marlins drafted Leban’s twin brother Zack in the 12th round of the 2018 draft. He last pitched for them on 8/28/18.

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