Round 11 saw the Atlanta Braves select lefty Jake Higginbotham from Clemson. They continued the ranked pitching theme by taking Nolan Kingham, a RHP from Texas.
Both players ranked highly enough to go in earlier rounds and get higher bonus checks but fell to the Braves.
Both players are juniors with a year of eligibility left and don’t have to sign.
Both players have issues that caused them to drop in spite of their talent.
Jake Higginbotham 22-years-old 6-Foot 175-pound LHP from Buford Ga.
Eight games into his freshman season Higginbotham suffered a stress fracture in his left elbow.