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A.J. MINTER
major league notes
• Owns a career record of 8-9 with a 3.68 ERA FRONT OFFICE
through four seasons with Atlanta.
• Minter's career FIP of 2.97 ranked as the sixth
lowest among active left-handers with at least
100.0 IP, trailing Aroldis Chapman, Clayton
Kershaw, Sean Doolittle, Josh Hader and Chris
Sale.
• In 2018, his first full major league season, worked MANAGER & STAFF
at the back-end of the Braves bullpen and
finished with 15 saves, one off the team lead of
right-hander Arodys Vizcaíno.
• Minter’s 15 saves were second most
among rookies in the majors, just one
short of Philadelphia’s Seranthony
Dominguez. A.J. MINTER
• Minter’s 15 saves were the most by a
rookie left-hander since 1975, when Will
McEnaney saved 15 for Cincinnati.
• Made 65 appearances, the fourth most in
franchise history by a rookie left-hander…Jonny
Venters set the mark with 79 in 2010.
• Led all major league rookie lefties in 2018 SEASON IN REVIEW
with his 65 appearances.
• Made his MLB debut on August 23, 2017 against
Seattle after the organization selected his
contract from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the
day…Struck out two in a perfect ninth inning and amateur
became the first member of the organization’s
2015 draft class to reach the majors. • Pitched for three seasons at Texas A&M
University.
• Played across four levels of the Braves’ PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
minor league system in 2017 before • Went 5-0 with a 2.00 ERA (13 ER/58.1 IP)
making his major-league debut. over 56 appearances (four starts) during
his collegiate career...Moved from the
minor league notes bullpen to the starting rotation for his
• Made his professional debut, pitching out of the junior season in 2015, going 2-0 with a
0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP) across four starts
bullpen for three different levels of the Braves to open the year before undergoing
organization as he recovered from “Tommy season-ending surgery. BRAVES HISTORY
John” surgery in March of 2015…Did not pitch on • Following his sophomore season he
consecutive days all season.
appeared in nine games out of the bullpen
• Made 31 combined appearances in 2016, for the USA Baseball Collegiate National
compiling a 1.30 ERA (5 ER/34.2 IP), a .149 (18- Team, posting a 0-0 record with a 0.00
for-121) and 47 strikeouts…Gave up three extra- ERA, striking out 10 in 12.1 innings.
base hits total and no runs in 29 of 31 games.
transactions OPPONENTS

• Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the Competitive
Balance B round (75th overall) of the 2015 First-
Year Player Draft...Signed by Darin Vaughan.
• On Atlanta’s injured list (left shoulder
inflammation) from March 25 to April 4, 2019.
• On Atlanta’s 60-day injured list (left shoulder
inflammation) from September 12 through the MISCELLANEOUS
end of the 2019 season.

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