Now that the MLB Draft Lottery has commenced at the Winter Meetings, we now have the order of the first round for next summer’s MLB Draft.
And Baseball America has the Atlanta Braves going outside of their usual pattern and taking an infield defender in the first round. Carlos Collazo, doing a mock draft for the entire first round ($), sent Oxford, AL prep shortstop Carter Johnson to the Braves with the 24th pick.
The White Sox have acquired Max Stassi and cash considerations from the Braves in exchange for a player to be named later. Both teams have announced the deal. Per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun Times, the Braves are expected to pay for the majority of Stassi’s $7M salary next season.
Stassi, 33 in March, spent just one day in the Braves organization after being acquired from the Angels Friday in a multi-player deal alongside infielder David Fletcher. Now, the veteran catcher is off to his third organization in two days, where he figures to have the opportunity to step into a regular role on the south side of Chicago. The White Sox lost Yasmani Grandal to free agency earlier this offseason and were in need of a veteran backstop
