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Braves draft Beck among 4 Day 2 right-handers

The 2018 MLB Draft resumed on Tuesday afternoon with the Atlanta Braves taking four right-handed pitchers to add to their right-handed hurlers haul, where first-round pick Carter Stewart already sits.

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"The funny thing is in this Draft more than any other Drafts, right-handed pitching is way more dominant than left-handed pitching," Braves scouting director Brian Bridges said. "We had targeted a left-handed pitcher along the way and it just didn't happen, you can't force feed picks. ... The ones we took we feel like they are the best available players that were left.