Austin Riley 27 3B

Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the Competive Balance Round A (No. 41 overall) of the 2015 MLB Draft out of DeSoto Central HIgh School in Mississippi... signed with the Braves on June 18, 2015 and received a $1.6 million signing bonus... saw time on the mound and at shortstop in high school... ranked by MLB.com as the No. 106 prospect and ranked by Baseball America as the No. 164 prospect in the Draft class... 17-year-old had made a college commitment to Mississippi State prior to reaching an agreement with the Braves... was 18 when he was drafted.