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OUTFIELDER
Full Name: Andrew David Waters Throws: Right
MANAGER & STAFF Height: 6-2 Weight: 185
Bats: Switch

Opening Day Age: 22
DOB: December 30, 1998
Born: Atlanta, GA
MLB Debut: None Resides: Marietta, GA
MLB Service Time: 0.000
Acquired: Braves’ second-round pick (41st overall) in 2017
Contract Status: Signed through 2021
DREW WATERS «««««««««««««««««««««««««««« • Began the season with Mississippi and
NON-ROSTER INVITEE
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played in 108 games with the M-Braves
MLB.com’s 2021
Top 100 PROSPECTS List # 35 before being transferred to Gwinnett on
8/5, where he finished the season.
• Named the Southern League Most Valuable
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SEASON IN REVIEW 2020 player to win the award since Delmon Young did
Player…At 20 years old, became the youngest
so in 2005 as a 19-year-old for the Montgomery
• Received a non-roster invitation to Atlanta’s
Biscuits.
Spring Training…Played in a team-most 17 games
and went 5-for-28 (.179) with one double, three
Season All-Star…Also won the league’s
RBI, two walks and three runs scored. • Tabbed a Southern League Mid- and Post-
Player of the Week for the period of
• Struck out in 14 of his 30 plate
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Drove in two of his three runs with a first- • Won the Southern League batting
6/10-16 (16-for-36, 4 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI in 9
appearances (46.7%).
games).
inning single on 2/24 off the Blue Jays’
title after hitting .319 (134-for-420),
Shun Yamaguchi.
a Mississippi single-season franchise
• Split his time defensively between all
three outfield positions, appearing in record…The mark was previously held by
Ozzie Albies, who hit .315 in 2016.
eight games in center field, six games in • Also paced the Southern League in hits
right field and four in left field.
(134), doubles (35), triples (9) and extra-
BRAVES HISTORY • Spent the rest of the season at the club’s base hits (49), while finishing second
alternate training site.
in slugging percentage (.481) and OPS
(.847).
• Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the
Braves’ second-best prospect, behind OF Cristian
Pache. • Had a 30-game on-base streak from
5/23-6/26, the third-longest such streak
2019 in M-Braves history…Hit .388 (45-for-
116) over the stretch with a .437 on-base
OPPONENTS • Split the campaign between Double-A Mississippi • Selected by the organization as the Mississippi’s
percentage.
and Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .309/.360/.459
co-Player of the Year with OF Cristian Pache…
(163-for-527) with seven home runs, 52 RBI and
80 runs scored.
Month for April.
• Led all Atlanta minor leaguers in hits (163), Was also named the M-Braves’ Player of the
doubles (40), triples (9, tied) and total • With Gwinnett, hit .271 (29-for-107) with seven
bases (242)…Also ranked third in extra- extra-base hits (5 2B, 2 HR) in 26 games…Also
MISCELLANEOUS 228 sixth in stolen bases (16). time of his promotion through the end of the
base hits (56, tied) and runs (80, tied) and
scored 17 runs, the most on the team from the
season.
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