Interview with Atlanta Braves reliever prospect Corbin Clouse

Benjamin Chase: Take me back to draft day. You were selected by the Braves in the 27th round. Did you know they would be calling your name, or was that a surprise? How many teams had you had conversations with before the draft?

Corbin Clouse: Draft day was actually a really fun day for me. I wasn’t really stressing out about it because I still had two years of college baseball left.

I knew I wasn’t going to get drafted the first two days, and the third day of the draft just happened to be the day my friend’s family was baling their hay field and I always help with that because it’s fun and a good workout, so right when I got to his house the Tigers started calling me, and it was kind of cool to actually think I could be drafted that day. Then the calls totally stopped and I lost faith.

About an hour later, my friend Brandon White who the Braves took earlier in the day called me and said congratulations the Reds just drafted you. I was super confused because I hadn’t talked to the Reds at all really. Then the Braves area scout was calling me while I was talking to Brandon and he said that the Braves just drafted me and I didn’t know what to say. I explained to the scout what had just happened and he said no I was just drafted by the Braves.

I was on top of the world. I asked what was next for me to do that day and he said nothing so I continued to bale hay. I think I was the first person to ever bale hay with a smile on their face. I was very happy that day to say the least. Not many teams knew about me in college. I only went to one scout day and that was in Detroit. I believe I only filled out two questionnaires as well. That being the Braves and Tigers. The Reds had some interest but not much.