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MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
grissom, vaughn infielder
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 FRONT OFFICE
Born: 1/5/01 in Orlando, FL Resides: Chuluota, FL
School: Hagerty (FL) HS
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the 11th round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft
2020 Review: Added to Atlanta's 60-man player pool on July 19...Spent the rest of the season at the club's
alternate training site...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the Braves' No. 22 prospect...2019: Led
the GCL Braves in games played (44), runs scored (22), hits (46), total bases (64), doubles (7) and RBI (23)...
Was named by the organization as the club’s Player of the Month for August after hitting .333/.410/.364
(22-for-66) with 11 RBI and more walks (9) than strikeouts (8). MANAGER & STAFF
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2019 GCL Braves .288 44 160 22 46 7 1 3 23 1 3 4 16 27 3-0 .361 .400 10
hartman, matt right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-3 Weight: 220
Born: 2/28/96 in Irvine, CA Resides: Phoenix, AZ
School: Westmont College (CA)
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on July 31, 2018 PLAYER BIOS
2019 Review: Made 19 appearances, 12 starts, between Single-A Rome and High-A Florida, combining to
go 5-6 with a 3.74 ERA (37 ER/89.0 IP), 38 walks and 60 strikeouts...With the Fire Frogs, tossed consecutive
complete games (8/11 and 8/17), the latter of which was a 7.0-inning shutout...Went 3-1 with a 1.82 ERA
(7 ER/34.2 IP) in five August starts and was named Florida’s Pitcher of the Month by the organization...
Amateur: In his only year at Westmont College, pitched to a 1.63 ERA (7 ER/38.2 IP) in seven appearances,
six starts, before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery.
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2018 Danville 0-1 2.87 5 5 0 0 0 15.2 12 7 5 2 0 10 8 3 0 SEASON IN REVIEW
2019 Rome 1-0 2.63 4 1 0 0 1 13.2 8 4 4 0 0 9 15 2 0
Florida 4-6 3.94 15 11 2 1 0 75.1 65 39 33 2 6 29 45 6 1
Minor Totals 5-7 3.61 24 17 2 1 1 104.2 85 50 42 4 6 48 68 11 1
hernandez, miguel right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 5-11 Weight: 170
Born: 10/1/02 in Petare, Venezuela Resides: Petare, Venezuela
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on March 1, 2021 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2021 Will Be First Professional Season
higginbotham, jake left-handed pitcher
Bats: L Throws: L Height: 5-10 Weight: 170
Born: 1/11/96 in Lawrenceville, GA Resides: Hoschton, GA
School: Clemson University (SC)
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the 11th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft BRAVES HISTORY
2019 Review: Made 33 relief appearances for Single-A Rome...From the start of June through the end of
the season, had a 1.93 ERA (8 ER/37.1 IP) with 12 walks and 40 strikeouts in 19 appearances...2018: Went
2-1 with a 2.65 ERA (10 ER/34.0 IP) at Rookie Advanced Danville, the sixth-lowest ERA among Atlanta’s
relief farmhands (min. 30 IP)...Was named the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week for the period of
7/9-15.
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2018 Danville 2-1 2.65 13 0 0 0 1 34.0 27 12 10 4 1 12 36 2 0
2019 Rome 4-4 3.07 33 0 0 0 4 58.2 52 27 20 5 3 26 63 4 1 OPPONENTS
Minor Totals 6-5 2.91 46 0 0 0 5 92.2 79 39 30 9 4 38 99 6 1
HODGSON, Alger RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
Born: 4/10/99 in Bluefields, Nicaragua Resides: Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on January 12, 2016
2017 Review: Made 12 appearances, eight starts, between the DSL and GCL Braves, going 2-2 with a 5.40
ERA (24 ER/40.0 IP), 22 walks and 25 strikeouts. MISCELLANEOUS

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