Ripe for the picking

Twelve Georgia high schoolers heard their names called in the 2026 MLB draft, behind only California (17) and Florida (17). I counted the whole draft class by state and by level. Including college players, 38 draftees came from Georgia colleges or high schools, fourth among states behind California (77), Texas (54) and Florida (50), and 22 MLB teams selected at least one of them. Georgia also had more players taken out of college than any other school (13).