The Atlanta Braves selected three high school pitchers and Auburn’s closer on Monday, the first day of the Major League Baseball Draft.

The club’s first-round pick, at No. 20 overall, was right-hander Owen Murphy from Riverside-Brookfield High in Illinois. Atlanta then took J.R. Ritchie of Bainbridge (Wash.) High at No. 35 overall, and Cole Phillips from Boerne (Texas) High with the 57th overall pick.

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