The 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft concluded Wednesday with 28 Georgia preps and three baker's dozens worth of college players who hail from the state hearing their names called. Below is a listing of each, with some brief analysis.

Selections from Georgia High Schools

Name	Position	High School	Round	Pick	Team	Commitment
Anthony Seigler	C	Cartersville	1	23	Yankees	Florida
Ethan Hankins	RHP	Forsyth Central	1C	35	Indians	Vanderbilt
Parker Meadows	OF	Grayson	2	44	Tigers	Clemson
Will Banfield	C	Brookwood	Comp B	69	Marlins	Vanderbilt
Taj Bradley	RHP	Redan	5	150	Rays	South Carolina
Logan Simmons	SS	Tattnall Square Academy	6	167	Phillies	Georgia Tech
Lawrence Butler	OF	Westlake	6	173	Athletics	West Virginia
Cabera Weaver	OF	South Gwinnett	7	198	White Sox	Georgia
Reese Olson	RHP	North Hall	13	395	Brewers	Georgia Tech
Christopher Williams	LHP	River Ridge	15	439	Reds	Florida International
Jonathan Edwards	RHP	Eagle's Landing	16	479	Rangers	Georgia Southern
Chase Chaney	SS	Mountain View	16	481	Angels	Columbus State
Kelvin Smith	3B	Redan	20	585	Tigers	Missouri
Caleb Ramsey	CF	Heritage (Conyers)	25	760	Red Sox	Butler
Luke Bartnicki	LHP	Walton	29	879	Diamondbacks	Georgia Tech
Devin Warner	3B	Cartersville	30	909	Diamondbacks	Auburn
Ryan Bliss	SS	Troup County	30	910	Red Sox	Auburn
Jack Haney	C	Cedartown	33	1001	Nationals	Chipola
Davis Sharpe	3B	Mill Creek	34	1014	Pirates	Clemson
Justin Wrobleski	LHP	Sequoyah	36	1078	Mariners	Clemson
Lavoisier Fisher	CF	North Gwinnett	37	1104	Pirates	-
David Hollie	OF	Cross Creek	37	1112	Royals	Georgia Southern
Cole Wilcox	RHP	Heritage (Catoosa)	37	1121	Nationals	Georgia
Matthew Klug	OF	Brookwood	38	1128	White Sox	-
Kumar Rocker	RHP	North Oconee	38	1146	Rockies	Vanderbilt
Micky Mangan	C	Pinecrest Academy	40	1192	Braves	-
Lyndon Weaver	CF	Redan	40	1193	Athletics	Eastern Kentucky
Michael Menhart	RHP	Richmond Hill	40	1211	Nationals	-

 

All eight of the Georgia high schoolers who were on the final 2018 PBR Draft Board were selected, six in the top seven rounds with the other two sliding to the back of the draft, presumably due to signability concerns. Per PBR National Supervisor Nathan Rode, more than 98% of players selected in the top ten rounds from 2012-2017 signed, so it's unlikely that any of the first eight players above make it to campus. Bonus pool limitations outside of the top ten rounds make it more difficult to pry high schoolers out of their college commitments, but it would not be shocking to see a few day three selections choose to begin their pro career immediately.

Other notes:

• Redan led the way with three players selected, while Cartersville and Brookwood had two apiece.
• Ten players selected are committed to SEC schools, six to ACC schools, two to the Sun Belt and one each to the Big 12, Big East, Conference USA, and Ohio Valley. There was also one Division II commit and one junior college signee selected.
• The Nationals selected three Georgia preps, while the Tigers, Athletics, White Sox, Red Sox, Diamondbacks and Pirates took two each.

College Selections with Georgia Roots

Name	Position	College	High School	Round	Pick	Team
Joey Bart	C	Georgia Tech	Buford	1	2	Giants
Seth Beer	OF	Clemson	Lambert	2	28	Astros
Nick Sandlin	RHP	Southern Mississippi	Greenbrier	2	67	Indians
Ryley Gilliam	RHP	Clemson	Kennesaw Mountain	5	140	Mets
Austin Cox	LHP	Mercer	First Presbyterian Day	5	152	Royals
Kevin Smith	LHP	Georgia	Dunwoody	7	200	Mets
Nick Bush	LHP	Louisiana State	Lee County	8	246	Rockies
Chase Cohen	RHP	Georgia Southern	Alpharetta	9	263	Athletics
Keegan McGovern	CF	Georgia	Coffee	9	268	Mariners
Brian Eichhorn	RHP	Georgia Southern	Richmond Hill	9	283	Indians
A.J. Moore	RHP	Kennesaw State	Mountain View	10	289	Reds
Grant Williams	2B	Kennesaw State	St. Pius X	10	310	Red Sox
Robert Broom	RHP	Mercer	Gordon Lee	10	313	Indians
Nick Gatewood	C	Georgia State	Peachtree Ridge	11	321	Padres
Jake Higginbotham	LHP	Clemson	Buford	11	322	Braves
Cody Roberts	RHP	North Carolina	Blessed Trinity	11	325	Orioles
Justin Lewis	RHP	Kentucky	Greater Atlanta Christian	12	369	Diamondbacks
Cooper Criswell	RHP	North Carolina	Carrollton	13	391	Angels
Michael Curry	C	Georgia	Gainesville	16	471	Padres
Noah Bryant	RHP	Georgia Highlands	Bainbridge	17	512	Royals
Jake Palomaki	2B	Boston College	Mount Paran Christian	18	540	Rays
Justin Evans	RHP	Columbus State	Allatoona	19	567	Marlins
Datren Bray	CF	Gordon State	Chapel Hill	19	571	Angels
Blakely Brown	RHP	Georgia Southern	Statesboro	24	727	Yankees
Blake Whitney	RHP	USC Upstate	Northgate	24	728	Cubs
Al Jones	OF	Vanderbilt	Columbus	25	743	Athletics
Chris Vann	LHP	Mercer	Parkview	25	761	Nationals
Logan Mattix	CF	Georgia College	Loganville	25	762	Astros
Brandt Stallings	1B	Georgia College	Buford	28	829	Reds
C.J. Carter	RHP	Troy	Arabia Mountain	29	867	Marlins
Mitch Stallings	LHP	Duke	The Lovett School	30	892	Braves
Drew Wharton	OF	Clemson	Peachtree Ridge	30	908	Cubs
Mitchell Miller	LHP	Clemson	Loganville	31	931	Angels
Ty Cohen	RHP	Florida Tech	Etowah	31	933	Cardinals
Trey Harris	2B	Missouri	McEachern	32	952	Braves
Brandon Purcell	C	Georgia College	Tattnall County	32	963	Cardinals
Beau Brundage	OF	Portland	Mill Creek	33	990	Rays
Wade Bailey	2B	Georgia Tech	Villa Rica	33	991	Angels
Duke Kinamon	2B	Stanford	McIntosh	34	1010	Mets

 

Among the cohort drafted out of college:

• 17 position players and 22 pitchers who played college baseball in 13 different states
• 32 from NCAA Division I, 5 from NCAA Division II, and 2 from NJCAA
• Clemson led the way five Peach State draftees, while Georgia, Georgia College, Georgia Southern and Mercer had three each.