The Atlanta Braves wasted no time answering a necessity throughout Sunday night time’s first two rounds of the MLB Draft. With the twenty second general choice, the Braves picked Tate Southisene, a shortstop out of Primary Excessive Faculty in Henderson, Nevada. With the sixtieth general choice within the second spherical, Atlanta picked Florida State College shortstop Alex Lodise.
Southisene dedicated to play faculty baseball on the College of Southern California, however will greater than doubtless signal a contract with the Braves.
Lodise, 21, is a local of Jacksonville, Florida, and performed on the College of North Florida earlier than transferring to Florida State. It was a stellar night time for the Lodose household as Lodise’s cousin Kyle, who performed shortstop at Georgia Tech, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox with the 76th general choose within the second spherical.
The Braves (42-53 on the All-Star break) haven’t gotten any offensive firepower from the shortstop place this yr. Regardless of the shortage of offense, present starter Nick Allen (.238 batting common, 63 strikeouts in 248 at-bats, solely 15 RBI in 86 video games) has given the staff’s pitching workers wonderful defensive play up the center.
Within the third spherical, with the 96th choose, the Braves chosen one other shortstop, Cody Miller. Miller performed across the infield at East Tennessee State College, together with at shortstop.
The 2025 Main League Baseball Draft, which permits the entire 30 golf equipment to draft beginner gamers from highschool and faculty ranks, occurred on the Coca-Cola Roxy in The Battery on Sunday night time. The Washington Nationals, presently in final place within the Nationwide League East, 4 and a half video games behind the Atlanta Braves, had the primary general choice this yr and chosen Eli Willits, a shortstop from Fort Cobb-Broxton Excessive Faculty in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.
Excessive Faculty shortstops have been all the fad throughout this yr’s draft, as 12 have been chosen within the first 25 picks, together with Ethan Holliday (Stillwater Excessive Faculty, Oklahoma), who was chosen by the Colorado Rockies with the fourth general choose. Holliday’s father, Matt, who performed 5 of his 14-year MLB profession in Colorado, was drafted by the Rockies within the seventh spherical of the 1998 draft.
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