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DREW WATERS
• Finished the campaign ranked by MLB.com as 2017
Atlanta’s No. 2 prospect. FRONT OFFICE
• Appeared in 50 games between the GCL Braves
• Named by Baseball America as the “Best Hitter and Rookie-Advanced Danville, combining to bat
for Average” in the Braves organization.
.278/.362/.429.
• After the season, was selected to USA Baseball's • Ranked 10th among all Atlanta farmhands (min.
Premier12 roster, marking the first opportunity 175 at-bats) with a .791 OPS.
for Team USA to qualify for the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games...The roster was comprised of 28 Amateur
players (15 pitchers, 13 position players) not on MANAGER & STAFF
Major League 40-man rosters. • Was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year
in Georgia after batting .510 (53-for-104) with
• Waters hit one home run, going 1-for-9 15 home runs and 13 doubles during his senior
(.111).
season at Etowah High School...Led the Eagles
2018 to the first Class AAAAAAA state title in school
• Combined to bat .293/.343/.476 in 114 games history.
between Single-A Rome and High-A Florida. Transactions DREW WATERS
• Ranked in the Top 10 among Braves • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second
prospects in doubles (1st, 39), hits (2nd round (41st overall) of the 2017 First-Year Player
135), stolen bases (2nd, 23), OPS (5th, Draft…Signed by Dustin Evans.
,819), batting average (6th, .293) and
slugging percentage (6th, .476).
• Named a South Atlantic League Mid- and Post-
Season All-Star with Rome…Ranked fourth in the
league in doubles (32, tied) and seventh in extra- SEASON IN REVIEW
base hits (47, tied).
• Tabbed by the organization as Rome’s Player of
the Year, and also earned Player of the Month
honors for May (.325/.379/.675 in 20 games).
• Garnered South Atlantic League Mid-Season
All-Star honors. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Complete Record

Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2017 GCL Braves .347 14 49 13 17 3 1 2 10 0 0 2 7 11 2-1 .448 .571 1
Danville .255 36 149 20 38 11 1 2 14 0 0 1 16 59 4-2 .331 .383 3
2018 Rome .303 84 337 58 102 32 6 9 36 0 1 6 21 72 20-5 .353 .513 8 BRAVES HISTORY
Florida .268 30 123 14 33 7 3 0 3 0 1 1 8 33 3-0 .316 .374 0
2019 Mississippi .319 108 420 63 134 35 9 5 41 0 2 4 28 121 13-6 .366 .481 6
Gwinnett .271 26 107 17 29 5 0 2 11 0 1 0 11 43 3-0 .336 .374 2
Minor Totals .298 298 1185 185 353 93 20 20 115 0 5 14 91 339 45-14 .354 .461 20 OPPONENTS

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