Baseball’s amateur draft begins Monday at 7 p.m. on the MLB Network.
The Atlanta Braves hold the eighth overall pick. Atlanta will pick sixth in the second round.
Tennessee high school catcher Luke Terry, a lifelong Braves fan, will announce our first selection.
Since 2007, five of the Braves’ first picks in the June draft have made it to the major leagues. Most prominent was outfielder Jason Heyward who in 2010 earned second-most votes in Rookie of the Year voting. He was traded to St. Louis in 2014 and he won a World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016.
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In seven of the last 10 drafts, Atlanta has selected a pitcher. This year is projected to follow that trend. A few mock drafts have the Braves selected a pitcher first this year.
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