The Braves took OF Jesse Franklin in the third round on Thursday. Here is a write-up from Matt Powers on what the Michigan product brings:
One of the guys most hurt by the shutdown in college had to be Jesse Franklin, who has seen his stock drop without setting foot on the field. Just before the season started it came out that he was going to miss the first part of the season with a broken collarbone from a skiing accident. Franklin has shown both some ability to hit for average and some ability to hit for power, but he hasn’t shown the ability to do both at the same time.