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BRYSE WILSON
major league notes
• Has pitched in 15 games and made seven starts FRONT OFFICE
over three major league seasons, combining to
go 3-1 with a 5.91 ERA (28 ER/42.2 IP) and one
save.
• Has spent his entire professional career
with Atlanta after the Braves selected him
in the fourth round of the 2016 First-Year
Player Draft. MANAGER & STAFF
• Made his first Opening Day roster in 2019 and
started Atlanta’s second game of the season,
3/30 at Philadelphia. minor league notes
• The Braves pitched RH Julio Teheran on
Opening Day, followed by Wilson and • Has pitched in 81 career games at the minor
fellow rookie RH Kyle Wright in games league level, including 76 starts, and has
two and three…2019 marked the first time compiled a 29-20 record with a 2.94 ERA (134 BRYSE WILSON
since 1905 that the Braves had two (or ER/410.1 IP) and 429 strikeouts.
more) rookie starting pitchers in the first • Was named a Triple-A All-Star by Baseball
three games of the season. America in 2019 after going 10-7 with a 3.42 ERA
• RH Dick Harley started game two in 1905, (46 ER/121.0 IP) in 21 starts for Triple-A Gwinnett.
while LH Irv Young made the first of his 42 • Picked up a pair of Pitcher of the Week honors in
starts that season in game three. 2018, first on 7/8 with Double-A Mississippi and
• Following those starts on Opening again on 8/19 with Gwinnett. SEASON IN REVIEW
Weekend, Wilson and Wright made just 11 • Pitched at three different levels of the
more appearances for the Braves on the Braves minor league system in 2018,
season, including six starts. combining to go 8-5 with a 3.44 ERA (48
• Atlanta selected his contract on 8/20/18 and ER/125.2 IP) and 143 strikeouts between
he made his major league debut that night at High-A Florida, Mississippi and Gwinnett.
Pittsburgh…Tossed 5.0 shutout innings as the • Named by the organization as Single-A Rome’s
Braves beat the Pirates, 1-0. Pitcher of the Year in 2017...Went 10-7 with a
• At 20 years, 243 days old, became the 2.50 ERA (38 ER/137.0 IP), one shutout and 139 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
youngest starter in major league history strikeouts over 26 starts
to win 1-0 in his MLB debut. • Earned South Atlantic League Mid- and
• Became the fourth Atlanta starter to win Post-Season All-Star honors, was named
his MLB debut last season, joining Kolby a Low Class A All-Star by Baseball America
Allard, Mike Soroka and Touki Toussaint… and an Organizational All-Star by MiLB.
The Braves became just the second com.
team in the last 110 seasons to have four • Was named SAL Pitcher of the Week on BRAVES HISTORY
different starters win their major league 7/9 after tossing a five-hit, 9.0-inning
debut in the same season...The 2009 shutout on 7/8.
Baltimore Orioles had five such pitchers.
• Made his debut at 20 years, 243 days old, and was aMATEUR
the youngest pitcher in the majors at the time… • Attended Orange High School in Hillsborough,
Became the eighth-youngest Braves pitcher to N.C...Went 33-4 in his high school career,
start his debut in the last 110 seasons, and the including 10-2 as a senior, a year that included
youngest since RHP Julio Teheran debuted at 20 him throwing six shutouts, three no-hitters, and a OPPONENTS
years, 100 days on 5/7/11. perfect game.
• Was committed to play collegiately at the
University of North Carolina
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• Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fourth
round (109th overall) of the 2016 First-Year Player MISCELLANEOUS
Draft…Signed by Billy Best.

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