Braves sign top 24 picks
The Atlanta Braves today announced the club has signed its top 24 picks from the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves today announced the club has signed its top 24 picks from the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.
Of the 24 signings, 14 are pitchers (five left-handers, nine right-handers), four are catchers, three are outfielders and three are infielders. Including RHP Kyle Wright, who the club drafted fifth overall, 22 of the players who signed are out of college. OF Drew Waters (41st overall) and RHP Freddy Tarnok (80th overall) are the two high schoolers to sign with the club.
The Braves signed five Georgia natives, including Waters (Woodstock, GA) and two Georgia Southern teammates, RHP Landon Hughes (Marietta, GA) and LHP Connor Simmons (Baxley, GA). The club also signed Jackson Lourie (Atlanta, GA), the 24th-round pick out of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. Lourie, who pitched and played infield during a four-year career for the Lynx, is the son of Braves' head physician, Dr. Gary M. Lourie.
The Braves have signed all of their picks from Rounds 1-10 for eight straight years now (2010-2017).
The complete list of Braves draft choices who have signed so far is below.
Name (round, selection #) POS HT WT B-T DOB School Class Hometown
Wright, Kyle (1, 5) RHP 6-4 220 R/R 10/2/95 Vanderbilt U JR Huntsville, AL
Waters, Drew (2, 41) OF 6-2 185 S/R 12/30/98 Etowah HS HS Woodstock, GA
Tarnok, Freddy (3, 80) RHP 6-3 185 R/R 11/24/98 Riverview HS HS Brandon, FL
Bacon, Troy (4, 110) RHP 6-0 165 R/R 9/26/96 Santa Fe CC J2 Tampa, FL
Zimmerman, Bruce (5, 140) LHP 6-2 215 L/L 2/9/95 U Mt. Olive SR Woodstock, MD
Rodgers, Jordan (6, 170) 3B 6-1 185 R/R 5/9/95 Tennessee SR Arlington, TN
Hughes, Landon (7, 200) RHP 6-4 180 R/R 9/20/94 Georgia Southern U SR Marietta, GA
Curtis, John (8, 230) LHP 6-2 170 L/L 10/15/95 Lenoir-Rhyne U SR Lenior, NC
Delgado, Riley (9, 260) SS 5-10 175 R/R 2/22/95 Middle Tennessee State U SR Murfreesboro, TN
Belinda, Jacob (10, 290) RHP 6-0 190 R/R 9/24/94 Lock Haven U SR Port Matilda, PA
Lugbauer, Drew (11, 320) C 6-4 230 L/R 8/23/96 Michigan JR Pleasant Valley NY
Owenby, Hagen (12, 350) C 6-1 211 R/R 7/21/95 East Tennessee State JR Knoxville, TN
Simmons, Connor (13, 380) LHP 6-2 160 L/L 11/7/95 Georgia Southern U JR Baxley, GA
Weisenberg, Keith (14, 410) RHP 6-5 205 R/R 12/6/95 Stanford JR St. Petersburg, FL
Bush, Austin (15, 440) 1B 6-6 265 L/R 12/22/95 UC Santana Barbara JR Turlock, CA
Schwartz, Gary (16, 470) OF 6-1 210 L/L 1/22/96 Grand Canyon U JR Chandler, AZ
Dyals, Cutter (17, 500) RHP 5-11 205 R/R 8/10/95 North Carolina A&T St U JR Tampa, FL
Soria, Zack (18, 530) C 5-10 190 R/R 10/29/93 Florida International U SR Homer Glen, IL
Allison, Tanner (19, 560) LHP 6-1 200 L/L 5/23/95 Western Michigan U JR Portland, MI
Smith, Justin (20, 590) OF 6-0 220 R/R 2/29/96 St. Johns River State College J2 St. Johns, FL
Johnstone, Jeffrey (21, 620) RHP 6-1 175 R/R 10/4/94 Wake Forest JR Atlanta, GA
Morhardt, Justin (22, 650) C 6-4 225 S/R 3/3/94 Bryan College SR Winsted, CT
Conyers, Troy (23, 680) LHP 6-5 230 L/L 4/11/94 U of San Diego SR Lakeside, CA
Lourie, Jackson (24, 710) RHP 6-3 190 R/R 10/10/94 Rhodes College SR Atlanta, GA