2015 MLB Draft Results: Braves Picks for Rounds 11-40

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.

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