Braves Sign 36 Draft Picks

Atlanta’s first 26 selections are under contract

July 12th, 2019

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today announced the club signed 36 of its 41 picks in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft, including each of its first 26 selections.

In total, Atlanta has 18 pitchers (15 right-handers, three left-handers), eight infielders, seven outfielders and three catchers under contract from this season’s draft class. The deadline to sign drafted players was 5:00 p.m. today.

The 2019 draft marks the first time the Braves used their top three picks on college players since 2011, when the organization drafted collegiate players with its first four picks. Atlanta signed 28 collegians in total this year.

The Braves signed each of their first eight high school draft choices, including third-round pick OF Mike Harris.

The complete list of Braves draft choices is below. Those in bold signed.

Name (round, selection #) POS HT WT B-T DOB School Hometown

Shea Langeliers (1, 9) C 6'0 205 R/R 11/18/1997 Baylor Univ. (TX) Keller, TX

Braden Shewmake (1, 21) SS 6'4 190 L/R 11/19/1997 Texas A&M Univ. Wylie, TX

Beau Philip (2, 60) SS 6'0 195 R/R 10/23/1998 Oregon St Univ. Citrus Heights, CA

Mike Harris (3, 98) CF 6'0 195 L/L 3/7/2001 Stockbridge (GA) HS Ellenwood, GA

Kasey Kalich (4, 127) RHR 6'3 225 R/R 4/25/1998 Texas A&M Univ. Victoria, TX

Stephen Paolini (5, 157) CF 6'2 195 L/L 11/23/2000 St Josephs (CT) School Fairfield, CT

Tanner Gordon (6, 187) RHS 6'5 220 L/R 10/26/1997 Indiana Univ. Bloomington, IN

Darius Vines (7, 217) RHS 6'1 195 S/R 4/30/1998 Cal St Bakersfield Port Hueneme, CA

Ricky DeVito (8, 247) RHS 6'3 200 S/R 8/21/1998 Seton Hall Univ. (NJ) Staten Island, NY

Cody Milligan (9, 277) 2B 5'11 175 L/R 12/23/1998 Cowley County CC (KS) Binger, OK

Brandon Parker (10, 307) RF 6'1 205 R/R 5/27/1999 Mississippi Gulf Coast JC Saucier, MS

Vaughn Grissom (11, 337) SS 6'3 180 R/R 1/5/2001 Hagerty (FL) HS Oviedo, FL

Andy Samuelson (12, 367) LHS 6'4 190 L/L 5/20/1999 Wabash Valley Col (IL) La Porte, IN

Tyler Owens (13, 397) RHS 5'10 185 R/R 1/9/2001 Trinity Catholic (FL) HS Ocala, FL

Jared Johnson (14, 427) RHS 6'3 200 R/R 3/17/2001 Smithville (MS) HS Smithville, MS

Connor Blair (15, 457) RF 6'0 205 R/R 5/6/1998 Univ. Washington Brentwood, CA

Joey Estes (16, 487) RHS 6'2 195 R/R 10/8/2001 Paraclete (CA) HS Palmdale, CA

Alec Barger (17, 517) RHS 6'2 200 R/R 3/24/1998 North Carolina St Univ. Savoy, IL

Mahki Backstrom (18, 547) 1B 6'5 215 L/L 10/10/2001 Junipero Serra (CA) HS Los Angeles, CA

Kadon Morton (19, 577) CF 6'3 190 R/R 11/19/2000 Seguin (TX) HS Arlington, TX

Peyton Williams (20, 607) RHR 6'2 205 R/R 5/6/1998 Catawba College (NC) Salisbury, NC

Javier Valdes (21, 637) C 5'10 195 R/R 11/19/1998 Florida International Univ. Miami, FL

Alex Segal (22, 667) LHS 6'4 200 L/L 3/18/1998 Wichita St Univ. (KS) Scottsdale, AZ

Drew Campbell (23, 697) CF 6'0 175 L/L 11/10/1997 Univ. Louisville (KY) Jeffersonville, IN

Bryce Ball (24, 727) 1B 6'6 240 L/R 7/8/1998 Dallas Baptist Univ. (TX) Mason City, IA

Chad Bryant (25, 757) RHR 6'0 205 R/R 8/3/1999 Pensacola State Col (FL) Thomasville, AL

Riley King (26, 787) 3B 6'0 195 R/R 10/17/1997 Univ. Georgia Lawrenceville, GA

Indigo Diaz (27, 817) RHS 6'5 250 R/R 10/14/1998 Michigan St Univ. North Vancouver, Canada

Ben Thompson (28, 847) RHS 6'5 225 R/R 12/21/1997 Chandler Gilbert CC (AZ) Gilbert, AZ

James Acuna (29, 877) RHS 6'5 175 R/R 9/18/1997 Azusa Pacific Univ. (CA) Cypress, CA

Mitch Calandra (30, 907) C 6'0 200 R/R 1/13/1997 Eckerd College (FL) Floral Park, NY

Greg Leban (31, 937) RHR 6'3 235 R/R 5/30/1996 Austin Peay St Univ. (TN) Bellevue, WA

Cody Birdsong (32, 967) 2B 6'2 195 R/R 1/19/1997 Quincy Univ. (IL) Poplar Bluff, MO

Justin Yeager (33, 997) RHR 6'4 210 L/R 1/20/1998 Southern Ill. U Carbondale Plainfield, IL

Willie Carter (34, 1027) LF 6'0 205 R/R 4/8/1997 Webber Int. Univ. (FL) Lake City, FL

Anthony Hall (35, 1057) 1B 6'3 195 L/L 2/9/2001 Point Loma (CA) HS San Diego, CA

Mitchell Jackson (36,1087) RHS 6'5 165 R/R 8/20/2001 Marion (IL) HS Marion, IL

Davis Schwab (37, 1117) LHR 6'4 230 L/L 1/27/1997 Missouri St Univ. Springfield, MO

Grant Mathews (38, 1147) LF 6'1 200 L/R 5/19/1996 Tulane Univ. (LA) New Orleans, LA

Joshua Rolling (39, 1177) SS 6'3 175 R/R 11/2/2000 Bishop Manogue (NV) HS Reno, NV

Cade Bunnell (40, 1207) 2B 6'0 190 L/R 5/14/1997 Indiana Univ. Stoughton, WI