Oregon star Sabin Ceballos selected by Atlanta Braves in 2023 MLB Draft

After one explosive season in Eugune, Oregon baseball superstar Sabin Ceballos is off to the pros and has officially heard his name called in the 2023 MLB Draft. With the No. 94 overall pick in the third round, the Atlanta Braves selected Ceballos into their organization.

Ceballos entrance into the professional ranks comes following a dynamite lone season with the Ducks. He originally began his career at San Jacinto, a junior college he spent two years at and was even drafted out of after his second season, but instead, he opted to give the Division I ranks a try.

Good thing he did, because Ceballos wound up earning first-team All-Pac 12 honors and broke Oregon’s single-season home run record with 18 of them. He also hit an even .333 and finished with a ridiculous .643 slugging percentage in 2023. As a hitter, it didn’t get much better than Sabin Ceballos among west coast teams.

Best of luck on the start to his pro career!

More on the 2023 MLB Draft

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft will begin during All-Star week, with the first two rounds getting underway at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. Rounds 3-10 will then begin at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, July 10, with rounds 11-20 starting at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 11.

This year’s MLB Draft is a historic one, as a draft lottery was used to determine the order for the first time. The Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics each had a 16.5% chance to receive the No. 1 overall pick. Ultimately, Pittsburgh won the right to have the first selection, with Washington finishing right behind them at No. 2. Oakland, however, fell all the way down to No. 6 overall.

While the MLB Draft is always unpredictable, the consensus is that this year’s top prospects both hail from LSU, who won the 2023 College World Series. Pitcher Paul Skenes and outfielder Dylan Crews headline this year’s class, which is considered a deep one.

Within the first ten rounds of the draft, each slot is assigned a certain value. Each team has a bonus pool that they are able to spend on these picks, and players will sign at, above or below their assigned slot value.

In rounds 11-20, there is no assigned slot value and MLB teams are free to spend up to $150,000 to sign their picks from the second half of the draft. If they exceed the $150,000 mark, that added amount will be deducted from their bonus pool.

Following the final day of the 2023 MLB Draft, selected players will have until August 1 to sign a contract.