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MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
rodríguez, rainiery right-handed pitcher
Bats: S Throws: R Height: 6-2 Weight: 170 FRONT OFFICE
Born: 8/28/00 in La Romana, Dominican Republic Resides: La Romana, Dominican Republic
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on April 27, 2018
Signed By: Jonathan Cruz
2019 Review: Made 15 appearances, five starts, with the DSL Braves and had a team most six wins...Also
posted the lowest ERA on the club (1.79; min. 10.0 IP)...Was named the DSL Braves Pitcher of the Month
for July after not allowing an earned run in 16.0 innings and striking out 14 over five games (one start).
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK MANAGER & STAFF
2018 DSL Braves 1-4 3.53 11 7 0 0 0 35.2 35 25 14 1 6 9 22 7 1
2019 DSL Braves 6-1 1.79 15 5 0 0 2 50.1 46 14 10 2 2 15 37 5 0
Minor Totals 7-5 2.51 26 12 0 0 2 86.0 81 39 24 3 8 24 59 12 1
Rodríguez, Ricardo CATCHER
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
Born: 12/20/97 in Porlamar, Venezuela Resides: Pampatar, Venezuela
Obtained: Acquired by the Braves along with RHP Casey Kelly from the San Diego Padres in exchange for
C Christian Bethancourt on December 10, 2015 PLAYER BIOS
2019 Review: Played the entire year with Single-A Rome...Posted single-season career bests in games
played (67), runs (28), hits (57), doubles (12), RBI (32) and walks (15).
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2015 AZL Padres .222 2 9 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 .300 .333 2
DSL Padres .270 28 100 15 27 5 0 2 14 0 1 3 8 11 1-0 .339 .380 6
2016 GCL Braves .225 29 80 9 18 4 0 0 7 0 1 2 5 10 0-0 .284 .275 0
2017 GCL Braves .238 29 105 8 25 6 1 1 12 0 3 1 3 11 0-0 .259 .343 1
2018 Danville .228 36 136 20 31 6 1 2 16 0 3 7 10 25 0-1 .308 .331 2 SEASON IN REVIEW
2019 Rome .238 67 240 28 57 12 0 0 32 1 3 5 15 50 1-0 .293 .288 3
Minor Totals .239 191 670 83 160 34 2 5 82 1 11 19 41 109 2-1 .297 .318 14

salinas, royber right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-3 Weight: 205
Born: 4/10/01 in Guarenas, Venezuela Resides: Guarenas, Venezuela
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on October 9, 2018
Signed By: Carlos Sequera PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2019 DSL Braves 2-3 3.82 17 0 0 0 0 33.0 30 19 14 0 3 22 37 17 1

samuelson, andy LEFT-HANDED PITCHER
Bats: L Throws: L Height: 6-4 Weight: 190
Born: 5/20/99 in La Porte, IN Resides: La Porte, IN
School: Wabash Valley College (IL)
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the 12th round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft BRAVES HISTORY
Signed By: Kevin Barry
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2019 GCL Braves 1-1 6.39 8 0 0 0 1 12.2 17 12 9 0 4 6 21 7 0

sanchez, Andres right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-2 Weight: 190
Born: 8/10/02 in Barcelona, Venezuela Resides: Barcelona, Venezuela
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on September 26, 2019 OPPONENTS
Signed By: Raphachel Colatosti
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
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