The old saying goes that you can “never have enough pitching”. While the Braves have certainly put that axiom to the test in drafts past, it does remain true that one of the most volatile commodities in the game of baseball is pitching, so it is a good idea to bring in a decent bit of real pitching talent via the draft each year whether those players are starters or, in the case of our next interview subject, relievers.
The Braves selected Kasey Kalich out of Texas A&M in the fourth round of the 2019 draft and he has a chance to become a mainstay in a major league bullpen pretty quickly.