Through the first 10 rounds of the draft, there are several classes of picks. Your first couple of rounds are, generally speaking, your consensus top talents. Whether those be the uber-talented high school players that want to get right to the business of making millions to the polished college players that are maybe older, but also closer to the big leagues. you have your picks for the future....players that you hinge a certain amount of your hopes on to develop in to real difference makers on the field. After those initial couple of rounds, you have your lesser-known or proven quantities, guys that maybe have physical gifts but lack experience or maybe have some physical limitations but use their abilities to maximum potential. Also in this spot are where you maybe draft high school players that could be hard to sign, but a team finds themselves with some extra bonus pool money and may be able to talk them out of a commitment to some of the bigger, most prestigious baseball programs. In the 7th-10th round range is where you see a lot of college seniors go as they have the least negotiating leverage and those rounds are the last ones that count dollar for dollar against your bonus pool. Atlanta's 10th round pick is Stephen Moore, a graduate of the US Naval Academy who has to honor a 5 year commitment to the Navy. Being picked will, ultimately, save the Braves some bonus pool money, let the rookie ball league  see an outstanding young man who will soon have to serve his country, and let Moore, a guy from Georgia and avid Braves fan, play for the organization and possibly play for them after his commitment. The draft at this stage is a bit of a numbers game, with signability and bonus pool allocations almost playing a bigger role than actual talent level.

So what does this mean for Day Three of the draft? Day Three is the day where you take your chances and pick guys you can dream on. The rules are that as long as its under $100K, bonuses paid to players after the 10th round don't count against your pool. Its here where your community college stand-outs, your unsung high school stars, and unheralded college players go. And sure, there are lot of uber talents taken in this part of the draft as well that have the team who drafts them have no hope of signing them because they are hard committed to playing in college, but for the most part this is where your scouting department really shows what it is made of. Its easy to figure out that the consensus top 10 pick can play, but area scouts and regional scouting directors pulling for a guy to pick them in the 16th or 30th round because they saw a player who if given an opportunity could make a difference on a team ultimately make or break drafts for teams. Without further adieu, here are the Braves' picks for Rounds 11-40.

Braves' Picks: Rounds 11-40

11) Grayson Jones - RHP - Shelton State CC

12) Justin Ellison - CF - Western Oklahoma State

13) Chase Johnson-Mullins - LHP - Shelton State CC

14) Trey Keegan - C - Bowling Green

15) Bradley Keller - OF - Crest HS

16) Trevor Belicek - LHP - Texas A&M; Corpus Christi

17) Evan Phillips - RHP - UNC Wilmington

18) Gilbert Suarez - RHP - San Ysidro HS

19) Sean McLaughlin - RHP - Georgia

20) Jaret Hellinger - LHP - Ola HS

21) Kurt Hoekstra - 2B - Western Michigan

22) Dalton Geekie - RHP - Georgia Highlands College

23) Taylor Cockrell - RHP - State College of Florida Manatee

24) Jacob Lanning - 3B - Holy Cross

25) Jonathan Morales - C - Miami Dade CC South

26) Ben Libuda - LHP - Worcester State Col

27) Robert Nesovic - RHP - University of California - Santa Barbara

28) Curtiss Pomeroy - RHP - Georgetown

29) Collin Yelich - C - Sam Houston State

30) Doug Still - LHP - Jefferson College

31) Matt Custred - RHP - Texas Tech

32) DJ Neal - RF - Stephenson HS (Ga)

33) Terry Godwin - CF - Callaway HS (Ga)

34) Carter Hall - SS - Wesleyan HS (Ga)

35) Chase Smartt - C - Charles Henderson HS (Ga)

36) Luis Lopez - 2B - Colegio Catolico Notre Dame HS (PR)

37) Jackson Webb - SS - Johnson Ferry Christian Academy (Ga)

38) Liam Scafariello - 1B - Southington HS

39) Jeremy Pena - SS - Classical HS

40) John Stewart - 3B - Greenwich Central HS

Some Notes on This Part of the Draft Class

1.) The Braves moved away from local guys - This was true of the draft as a whole as well, which was somewhat bizarre to see but does reflect the drastic changes in the scouting department over the past year. Only 7 players out of 30 were from the state of Georgia in this part of the draft. The numbers for players from the southeast are a little better, with 13. It wasn't as if another area of the country got more love from the scouts than usual as the geographical representation is actually pretty widespread, especially when you take the entire draft in to account.

2.) The Braves took a lot of pitchers - Of the 30 picks after the 10th round, 14 were pitchers (9-5 split between righties and lefties). This was actually a lesser percentage of pitchers than the Braves took in the first part of the draft where they took 11 pitchers in 13 picks, but highlights the organizations commitment to having a lot of young pitching. Worth noting: the Braves did NOT pick a pitcher in the last 9 picks of the draft. The draft is very remiscient of the 2003 draft where the Braves also drafted 12 pitchers out of their first 14 picks.

3.) There are some family ties in play in this draft: - Mark Bowman tweeted out an interesting tidbit about a couple of the Braves Day 3 picks

#Braves family connection selections: 29th round Collin Yelich (Christian's brother), 34th round Carter Hall (GT coach Danny Hall's son).

— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) June 10, 2025

Hall is a Georgia Tech commit and Yelich is a junior so neither are slam dunks to sign, but its certainly possible that both players with strong baseball lineage will be a part of the Braves organization soon despite being late round picks.

4.) Where are the position players? - For an organization that has just 7 position players listed in their top 20 prospects (and a couple of those are given a generous ranking), the Braves did not do a whole lot to emphasize that side of the minors in this part of the draft. Of the 16 position players they drafted, 4 were outfielders, 4 were catchers, and just one first basemen. One wonders if this gives us a glimpse of what the Braves are going to try and accomplish in the international market. Will the Braves attempt to fill these holes, or are they content with focusing primarily on pitching and letting the position players sort themselves out? It will be interesting to see which way they go.

5.) One player that won't sign - Two-sport star Dexter "DJ" Neal is a hard commitment to South Carolina in both football and baseball. Its very possible that this pick was the Braves wanting to lay the groundwork to see if he is interested in playing baseball professionally in a couple of years, but his football future is bright so its probably best not to get one's hopes up about Neal.