• Full name Ryan D. Turner
  • Born 08/28/1988 in North Richland Hills, TX
  • Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 195 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Midland College (TX)
  • Drafted in the 32nd round (990th overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011.
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    Righthander Ryan Turner already has been drafted three times, twice by the Rays--in the 22nd round out of high school in 2007 and in the 30th round out of Midland (Texas) JC in 2008--and by the Braves in the 49th round out of McLennan (Texas) CC last year. He missed all of 2009 recovering from rotator-cuff surgery, but is back to throwing 88-92 mph with his fastball and complementing it with a good slider. He uses his 6-foot-5, 195-pound frame to throw the ball downhill. He's the grandson of Gerald Turner, who scouts for the Braves and is one of the winningest coaches in Texas high school baseball history.

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