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KYLE WRIGHT
• Just four sets of teammates had done so • 2019 marked the first time since 1905
in their postseason debuts at any point that the Braves had two (or more) rookie FRONT OFFICE
in their careers, with Baltimore’s Mike starting pitchers in the first three games
Boddikcer and Storm Davis last doing so of the season.
in 1983…Jimmy Ring and Hod Eller of the • RH Dick Harley started game two in 1905,
1919 Cincinnati Reds did so, while the while LH Irv Young made the first of his 42
1966 Baltimore Orioles had three such starts that season in game three.
pitchers (Moe Drabowsky, Jim Palmer and • Wright, who appeared in four games out
Wally Bunker). of the bullpen in 2018, became the first
• Also started for Atlanta in Game 3 of the NLCS Braves pitcher to make his first career MANAGER & STAFF
vs. Los Angeles and pitched just 0.2 innings, start in the first three games of a season
allowing five hits and seven runs, all earned, to since LHP Horacio Ramirez in 2003.
take the loss. • Following those starts on Opening
• He is just the fifth pitcher in franchise Weekend, Wilson and Wright made just 11
history to start a playoff game and not more appearances for the Braves on the
complete a full inning, joining Mike season, including six starts.
Foltynewicz (Game 5, 2019 NLDS), John • Atlanta beat San Francisco, 8-1, on 9/21/19… KYLE WRIGHT
Thomson (Game 3, 2004 NLDS), Steve Wright pitched 1.0 inning of relief in the win, his
Avery (Game 5, 1992 NLCS) and Bob Buhl 11th career appearance.
(Game 3, 1957 World Series). • The game marked Atlanta’s first win in
• Is just the second Braves starter to ever a game in which Wright pitched in his
allow seven earned runs in a postseason career…The Braves lost each of the first 10
start, joining Hall-of-Famer Tom Glavine games in which he pitched, the longest
who did so four times. such streak of losses to start a player’s SEASON IN REVIEW
Major League notes career since Atlanta lost each of the first
12 games in which Dan Winkler pitched
• Has played in 19 games in his three-year major from 9/21/15-9/8/17.
league career, including 12 starts, going 2-7 with
a 6.22 ERA (44 ER/63.2 IP) and 53 strikeouts. minor league notes
• All 19 appearances have come with • In 57 career minor league games, including
Atlanta after the Braves selected him with 54 starts, has gone 19-14 with a 3.70 ERA (110
the fifth overall selection in the 2017 First- ER/267.1 IP) and 267 strikeouts. PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Year Player Draft. • Selected to the U.S. Team for the 2018 SiriusXM
• Was selected by Atlanta with the fifth overall pick All-Star Futures Game and tossed 1.0 scoreless
in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft and was the inning of relief.
first player from that draft class to appear in the
majors. Amateur
• Made his major league debut 9/4/18 vs. • Pitched three years for Vanderbilt University, and
BOS and tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in 61 career games, 35 starts, went 19-11 with a BRAVES HISTORY
with a pair of strikeouts… Fanned the first 2.78 ERA (79 ER/255.1 IP) and 290 strikeouts.
batter he faced, Jackie Bradley Jr., on five • Named first team All-SEC by the league’s
pitches for his first career strikeout.
coaches and a Second Team All-America
• The last Braves player to make the majors by Baseball America after going 5-6 with
the year after he was drafted was LHP a 3.40 ERA (39 ER/103.1 IP) over 16 starts
Alex Wood, who debuted in 2013 after in 2017.
club selected him in the second round of • Lettered four years in baseball and one in track at
the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. OPPONENTS
Buckhorn (AL) High School…His dad, Roger, was
• Made his first Opening Day roster in 2019 and his baseball coach.
started Atlanta’s third game of the season, 3/31 at
Philadelphia. Transactions
• The Braves pitched RH Julio Teheran on • Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round
Opening Day, followed by rookies RH (fifth overall) of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft...
Bryse Wilson and RH Kyle Wright in games Signed by Dustin Evans.
two and three. MISCELLANEOUS

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