"With the passing of Monday's signing deadline for the 2011 draft, the Braves had signed 28 of their top 30 picks, including each of the top 19.

One of their objectives was to draft sign-able players by going college heavy, and it paid off. The Braves signed 35 of their 50 picks overall.

The only players not to sign among their top 30 picks were 20th rounder Carlos Rodriguez, a left-hander out of Iolani High (HI) School, and 30th round pick Jonathan Youngblood, a center fielder from Lafayette (Ky.) High. But the Braves signed two high schoolers – first baseman Jackson Laumann (31st) and center fielder Cody Livesay (42nd) – in the past couple of days."