The Braves have now signed all but one of their first 17 draft picks, an impressive feat. They’ve also already signed several more picks than they did last year.
↵Third-round pick, third baseman Joe Leonard, is the lone holdout in that group. He is also considered the closest player to the Majors among this year’s Braves draft class.
↵Perhaps the best part of this year’s draft is that we really haven’t gone too far over slot to sign any of these guys, and not having a proper first round pick means we have way more money to spend on some of the under-drafts in the later rounds.
↵This is already a good draft, and if some of those later players are signed for big bonuses, this could turn into one of the best and deepest drafts the Braves have ever had.