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MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
2019 Review: Missed the entire season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in March...2018: Missed the
entire season due to a sprained right elbow...Entered the campaign tabbed by Baseball America as the No. FRONT OFFICE
15 prospect in the White Sox organization...Also named by the publication as having the "Best Changeup"
in the organization...2017: In his first full professional season, combined to go 10-7 with a 3.98 ERA (60
ER/135.2 IP) and 119 strikeouts in 25 starts between High-A Wilmington and Winston-Salem in the Carolina
League...Ranked among league leaders in wins (10, T3rd), innings pitched (135.2, 7th), games started (25,
T7th) and strikeouts (119, T9th)...Selected a Mid-Season All-Star with Wilmington in the Kansas City Royals
system...Traded by Kansas City with LHP Andre Davis to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for OF Melky
Cabrera on 7/30...2016: Pitched to a combined 3.68 ERA (24 ER/58.2 IP), going 2-4 with 45 strikeouts in
13 starts between the AZL Royals and Single-A Lexington...Amateur: Played collegiately for three seasons
at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., 2014-16...Was a First-Team All-American in 2016, earning West MANAGER & STAFF
Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year honors after pitching to a 1.27 ERA in his 14 starts and 99.1 innings...It
was the third-best single-season ERA in program history...Recorded a consecutive scoreless innings streak
of 45.2 innings, the third-longest streak in NCAA history...Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2016...Was
the Royals' top draft pick that season after getting selected 67th overall (2nd round)...Graduated from De
La Salle High School in Danville, Calif in 2013...Also was drafted out of high school by the Oakland Athletics
(35th round)...Grew up an A's fan.
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2016 AZL Royals 0-1 3.86 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 3 1 1 0 8 1 0 PLAYER BIOS
Lexington 2-3 3.66 11 11 0 0 0 51.2 42 22 21 4 2 15 37 0 0
2017 Wilmington 9-7 3.90 20 20 0 0 0 108.1 107 53 47 7 5 46 98 4 0
Winston-Salem 1-0 4.28 5 5 0 0 0 27.1 35 14 13 2 0 5 21 1 0
2018 Injured - Did Not Pitch
2019 Injured - Did Not Pitch
Minor Totals 12-11 3.89 38 38 0 0 0 194.1 192 94 84 14 8 66 164 6 0

quintero, geraldo infielder
Bats: S Throws: R Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 SEASON IN REVIEW
Born: 10/10/01 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela Resides: Valencia, Venezuela
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on February 15, 2019
2019 Review: Played in 58 games with the DSL Braves...Had a team-most three triples and 21 stolen
bases...Tabbed the club’s Player of the Month for August...Slashed .324/.418/.529 (22-for-68) in 19 games
that month.
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2019 DSL Braves .264 58 197 35 52 10 3 2 22 2 1 7 30 28 21-8 .379 .376 4 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
ramirez, emmanuel right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
Born: 7/15/94 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Resides: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Obtained: Signed by the Braves to a minor-league contract on November 5, 2020
2019 Review: Split the season between Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A El Paso, combining to go 8-8 with
a 6.19 ERA (89 ER/129.1 ER) in 27 appearances, including a career-high 21 starts...Was a Mid-Season All-Star
with Amarillo...Had a 3.72 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and .216 batting average against in 15 appearances, 10 starts,
before the break...2018: Pitched at each of the four full-season affiliates in the Padres system, combining BRAVES HISTORY
for a 4.28 ERA (55 ER/115.2 IP) with a career-best 136 strikeouts in a career-most 31 games, 16 starts,
between Single-A Fort Wayne, High-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and El Paso...2017: Pitched
to a 3.10 ERA (36 ER/104.2 IP) with 114 strikeouts in 21 games, 14 starts, across short-season Tri-City, Fort
Wayne and Lake Elsinore...Tabbed a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star with Tri-City after going 4-1
with a 2.62 ERA (13 ER/44.2 IP) in eight starts prior to All-Star Game...2016: Split the season between Tri-
City and Fort Wayne...Went 6-4 with a 3.79 ERA (43 ER/102.0 IP) and 96 strikeouts in 24 games, 15 starts...
Selected as a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star, his first of two consecutive awards...2015: Pitched
to a single-season career-low 2.34 ERA (19 ER/73.0 IP) in 15 games, 13 starts, between three levels of San OPPONENTS
Diego's system (AZL & DSL Padres, Tri-City)...Also set career bests in WHIP (1.027), walks per 9.0 innings
(2.5) and hits per 9.0 innings (6.8)...2014: Spent his second professional season with the DSL Padres...
Struck out 31 batters in 25.2 innings, a single-season career-best 10.9 strikeouts per 9.0 innings...Amateur:
Signed by the Padres as a non-drafted free agent on 11/19/12...Was 18 years old.

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