Not every day the rest of the way will have multiple things to highlight, but 54 brings the first with multiple things just too good to ignore one over the other in Atlanta Braves history. We’ll first start with the story of probably the best-known player to wear jersey #54, Kris Medlen.
Medlen’s Atlanta Braves career
Originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 37th round out of high school in California, Kris Medlen ended up falling to the Atlanta Braves out of Santa Ana College in the 10th round of the 2006 draft.