Joe Ross takes 41.

OFR Farm Report Podcast #94: Promotions and Trades in Baseball’s 30th-Ranked Farm System

Andy Harris and Matt Chrietzberg dive into the Braves minor leagues. A slew of promotions remake the Mississippi, Rome, and Augusta rosters while a trade of Drew Waters, Andrew Hoffmann, and C.J. Alexander re-set the Braves draft strategy. We celebrate Fangraph’s ranking of the Braves system as the worst in baseball and talk about why that’s not really so bad. Intro by Dylan Short. Intro…

Braves 2021 Draft Analysis: Day Three

Atlanta’s 18th-round pick in the 2021 draft, RHP Austin Smith. (@ArizonaBaseball via twitter.com) The MLB draft changes rules at round 11. Anyone drafted in this range can get a $125,000 signing bonus without pulling from the team’s draft pool allowance. Any bonus over $125,000 will count against the pool, dollar-for-dollar over the standard $125,000.  Most of the picks after the 11th are college…