Atlanta Braves minor league players

Corbin Clouse

Corbin James Clouse (born June 26, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Clouse attended Grand Ledge High School in Grand Ledge, Michigan, and played college baseball at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.^[1] After his sophomore season at Davenport, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 2016 MLB draft.^[2]

Clouse made his professional debut that year with the Danville Braves, and after pitching 6.2 scoreless innings,^[3] was promoted to the Rome Braves where he finished the season.^[4] He began 2017 with the Florida Fire Frogs and was promoted to the Mississippi Braves during the season.^[5][6] In 41 relief appearances between both teams, he was 5-4 with a 2.53 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP.^[7] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.^[8] He began 2018 with Mississippi.^[9][10]

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Braxton Davidson

Braxton Cain Thomas Davidson (born June 18, 1996) is a baseball outfielder. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.^[11] He attended T. C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina.^{[12][13][14][15]} Davidson spent the 2015 season with the Class A Rome Braves, where he hit ten home runs in 125 games, with a .242 batting average, a .381 on base percentage, and a .374 slugging percentage.^[16] After spending time in major league spring training, Davidson was assigned to the Carolina Mudcats to start 2016.^[17] He spent the whole 2016 season with the Mudcats, where he posted a .224 batting average with 10 home runs and 63 RBIs in 128 games. Davidson spent 2017 with the Florida Fire Frogs where he batted .213 with seven home runs and 36 RBIs.^[18]

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Travis Demeritte

Travis Timothy Demeritte (born September 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Demeritte was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the first round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft out of Winder-Barrow High School in Winder, Georgia.^[19][20] Demeritte made his professional debut with the Arizona League Rangers and spent all of 2013 there, batting .285 with four home runs and 20 RBIs in 39 games.^[21] In 2014, he played for the Hickory Crawdads where he batted .211 with 25 home runs and 66 RBIs in 118 games, and began playing second base regularly, having moved from his natural position as shortstop.^[22][23] In 2015, Demeritte returned to Hickory. That June, he tested positive for Furosemide, and was suspended for eighty games.^[24] While serving the suspension, Demeritte played in the Dominican Republic and for the Adelaide Bite of the Australian Baseball League.^[25] Upon his return to Minor League Baseball, Demeritte was demoted to the Spokane Indians, where he finished the season.^[21] In 53 games between Hickory and Spokane he batted .232 with five home runs and 19 RBIs. Demeritte began 2016 with the High Desert Mavericks.^[26][27] In a June 2016 game, against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Demeritte was hit by a pitch, an action which caused a bench-clearing brawl.^[28] The next month, he appeared in the All-Star Futures Game.^[21]

On July 27, 2016, the Rangers traded Demeritte to the Braves for Lucas Harrell and Darío Álvarez.^[29][30] He was assigned to the Carolina Mudcats.^[31] In 123 games between High Desert and Carolina he slashed .266/.361/.554 with 28 home runs and 70 RBIs. Demeritte spent 2017 with the Mississippi Braves where he compiled a .231 batting average with 15 home runs and 45 RBIs in 124 games.^[32]

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Caleb Dirks

Caleb Timothy Dirks (born June 9, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves organization.

Dirks attended Woodcrest Christian High School and California Baptist University in Riverside, California. He was selected in the 15th round of the 2014 MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves.^[33]

After signing with the Braves, Dirks was assigned to the Danville Braves before being promoted to the Rome Braves. In 32.1 relief appearances between the two teams he posted a 1-0 record and 2.23 ERA. He began 2015 with Rome and was promoted to the Carolina Mudcats in May.

On July 2, 2015, the Braves traded Dirks and Jordan Paroubeck to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for an international signing bonus slot worth $249,000.^[34] The Dodgers assigned him to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers in August. In 40 relief appearances between Danville, Carlolina, Rancho Cucamonga, and Tulsa, he was 3-2 with a 0.90 ERA. Dirks began 2016 with Tulsa.

On June 30, 2016, the Dodgers traded Dirks and Philip Pfeifer to the Braves for Bud Norris, Dian Toscano, a player to be named later (Alec Grosser), and cash.^[35][36] The Braves assigned him to the Mississippi Braves and he finished the season there. In 49 appearances out of the bullpen he was 5-3 with a 1.18 ERA and 1.00 WHIP. Dirks spent 2017 with the Gwinnett Braves were he compiled a 2-2 record and 4.02 ERA in 27 relief appearances.^[37]

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Greyson Jenista

Greyson Douglas Jenista (born December 7, 1996) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the Atlanta Braves organization.

Jenista attended De Soto High School in De Soto, Kansas, and Wichita State University, where he played college baseball for the Wichita State Shockers. He played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named its most valuable player.^[38][39] The Braves selected Jenista in the second round, with the 49th overall selection, of the 2018 MLB draft.^[40] He played ten games for the Danville Braves of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, and was promoted to the Rome Braves of the Class A South Atlantic League.^[41]

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Michael Mader

Michael Christopher Mader (born February 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves organization.

Mader attended Marianna High School in Marianna, Florida, and Chipola College. At Chipola, Mader was named the Panhandle Conference Pitcher of the Year as a freshman.^[42]

The Miami Marlins selected Mader in the third round, with the 105th overall selection, of the 2014 MLB draft.^[43] After signing with the Marlins, Mader played for the Batavia Muckdogs, and was named a midseason all-star.^[42] In 12 starts for Batavia, he went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA. Mader played for the Greensboro Grasshoppersin 2015^[44] and compiled a 6-12 record with a 4.73 ERA in 27 starts. Mader began the 2016 season with the Jupiter Hammerheads.^[45][46]

On August 6, 2016, the Marlins traded Mader and Anfernee Seymour to the Atlanta Braves for Hunter Cervenka.^[47] The Braves assigned Mader to the Mississippi Braves.^[48] In 27 total games (26 starts) between Jupiter and Mississippi, he pitched to a 7-9 record, 3.25 ERA, and a 1.23 WHIP. Mader returned to Mississippi in 2017 as a reliever and spent all season there, posting a 5-5 record and 4.18 ERA in 35 games, striking out 57 batters in 64.2 innings.^[49]

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Cristian Pache

Cristian Rafael Pache (born November 19, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder.

Pache, the second of three children, was born to a factory worker, and a homemaker.^[50]

Pache signed with the Atlanta Braves in July 2015 for $1.4 million.^[51][52] At the time of his signing, Baseball America ranked Pache the 21st-best international free agent.^[53] MLB.com ranked him tenth.^[54] Pache was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Braves in June 2016,^[55] and after batting .283 with 11 RBIs in 27 games, was promoted to the Danville Braves,^[56] where he finished the season with a .333 batting average with ten RBIs and a .775 OPS. Pache spent the 2017 season with the Rome Braves where he batted .281 with 42 RBIs and 32 stolen bases in 119 games.^[57][58] He was named a South Atlantic League All-Star at midseason.^[59][60] Pache was invited to spring training at the start of the 2018 season.^[61] He was subsequently assigned to the Florida Fire Frogs.^[62] In June, Pache received a Florida State League All-Star selection.^[63] At the A-Advanced lelvel, Pache played in 93 games, driving in 40 runs, hitting eight home runs, and recording a .285 batting average.^[64] On August 1, Pache was promoted to the Mississippi Braves.^[65] Later that month, it was announced that Pache was placed on the preliminary Arizona Fall League roster.^[66][67]

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Philip Pfeifer

Philip James Pfeifer (born July 15, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves organization. He previously played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.

Pfeifer graduated from Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee. He played for the school's baseball team, and set a state record by recording 46 wins.^[68] He enrolled at Vanderbilt University to play college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team.^[69] Pfeifer was suspended for the 2014 season due to substance abuse issues, but returned to the team in 2015.^[70] The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Pfeifer in the third round, with the 101st overall selection, of the 2015 MLB Draft.^[71][72] The Dodgers signed Pfeifer and^[73] assigned him to the Ogden Raptors where he pitched 1.2 scoreless innings for the season. Pfeifer began 2016 with the Great Lakes Loons and was later promoted to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

On June 30, 2016, the Dodgers traded Pfeifer and Caleb Dirks to the Atlanta Braves for Bud Norris, Dian Toscano, a player to be named later (Alec Grosser), and cash.^[74] The Braves assigned Pfeifer to the Carolina Mudcats and he was promoted to the Mississippi Braves in July. In 34 combined games between Great Lakes, Rancho Cucamonga, Carolina and Mississippi, Pfeifer posted a 4–1 record and 3.02 ERA with sixty strikeouts in 47.2 total innings. In 2017, he played for both Mississippi and the Gwinnett Braves, pitching to a combined 1–5 record and 3.49 ERA in 41 total games between both clubs.^[75]

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Ricardo Sánchez

Ricardo José Sánchez Lugo (born April 11, 1997) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Sánchez signed with the Los Angeles Angels as an international free agent in July 2013. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the AZL Angels and spent the whole season there, going 2-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 12 games (nine starts). In January 2015, the Angels traded him to the Atlanta Braves for Kyle Kubitza and Nate Hyatt.^[76]

In 2015, Sánchez played for the Rome Braves where he was 1-6 with a 5.45 ERA in ten starts, and in 2016, he returned to Rome, going 7-10 with a 4.75 ERA in 24 games with 23 being starts. He spent 2017 with the Florida Fire Frogs where he compiled a 4-12 record with a 4.95 ERA in 22 games (21 starts).^[77]

The Braves added Sánchez to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.^[78] He began 2018 with the Mississippi Braves.

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Drew Waters

Drew Waters
Waters with the Rome Braves, 2018
Atlanta Braves
Outfielder
Born: (1998-12-30) December 30, 1998 Woodstock, Georgia
Bats: Switch Throws: Right

Drew Waters (born December 30, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Waters graduated from Etowah High School in Woodstock, Georgia. As a senior, he batted .516 with 15 home runs and 40 RBIs, leading Etowah to a Class AAAAAAA state championship title.^[79] After the season, he was named the Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year^[80] and the Metro Atlanta High School Player of the Year.^[81] He committed to play college baseball at the University of Georgia for the Georgia Bulldogs.^[82] The Atlanta Braves selected Waters in the second round, 41st overall, of the 2017 MLB draft^[83] and he signed for $1.5 million,^[84] forgoing his commitment to Georgia.

After signing, Waters made his professional debut with the GCL Braves. After batting .347 with two home runs, ten RBIs, and seven walks, he was promoted to the Danville Braves,^[85] where he finished the season. In 36 games for Danville, he slashed .255/.331/.383 with two home runs and 14 RBIs.^[86] He began 2018 with the Rome Braves,^[87] and was promoted to the Florida Fire Frogs on August 1.^[88]

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Patrick Weigel

Patrick Charles Weigel (born July 8, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Atlanta Braves organization.

Weigel attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California. He played college baseball at Pacific University for one year before transferring to Oxnard College. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 22nd round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and transferred to the University of Houston.^[89] After one year at Houston he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB Draft.^[90]

Weigel made his professional debut with the Danville Braves.^[91] He started 2016 with the Rome Braves and was promoted to the Mississippi Braves in August.^[92] He ended the 2016 season with an 11–6 record and a 2.47 ERA.^[93] Weigel started the 2017 season with Mississippi and was promoted to the Gwinnett Braves in May. The next month, he underwent Tommy John surgery and missed the remainder of the season.^[94]

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