Among the many reasons why the eyes of the baseball world were on Seattle for the All-Star festivities was the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The Atlanta Braves selected a pitching-heavy class of draftees to help supplement a farm system which has become increasingly depleted with the success of recent years.
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