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MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
segal, Alex left-handed pitcher
Bats: L Throws: L Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 FRONT OFFICE
Born: 3/18/98 in Scottsdale, AZ Resides: Scottsdale, AZ
School: Wichita State University (KS)
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the 22nd round of the 2019 First-Year Player Draft
2019 Review: Spent his first professional season with Rookie Advanced Danville...Made a team-high 17
appearances, 16 of which were in relief...Also had a team-most four holds.
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2019 Danville 1-1 4.13 17 1 0 0 1 28.1 30 14 13 1 0 15 35 3 0 MANAGER & STAFF
Seipel, Zach right-handed pitcher
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-3 Weight: 205
Born: 10/17/96 in St. Paul, MN Resides: Eagan, MN
School: University of Minnesota Crookston
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the 27th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft
2019 Review: Made nine appearances, five starts, between Rookie Advanced Danville and the GCL Braves,
going 2-4 with a 3.72 ERA (15 ER/36.1 IP), 14 walks and 37 strikeouts...Led the GCL club with 33 strikeouts, PLAYER BIOS
in 31.1 innings, an average of 9.5 per 9.0 innings...Amateur: Is the first player in University of Minnesota
Crookston history to be selected in an MLB draft...Signed with Minnesota Crookston as a catcher.
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
2018 Danville 3-0 2.63 15 0 0 0 3 24.0 19 8 7 0 1 15 30 8 0
2019 Danville 0-1 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
GCL Braves 2-3 3.45 8 4 0 0 0 31.1 21 12 12 1 2 14 33 3 0
Minor Totals 5-4 3.28 24 5 0 0 3 60.1 46 23 22 1 3 29 67 11 0

shepherd, Cam infielder SEASON IN REVIEW
Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-0 Weight: 190
Born: 9/28/97 in Lawrenceville, GA Resides: Duluth, GA
School: University of Georgia
Obtained: Signed by the Braves as a non-drafted free agent on June 15, 2020
Amateur: In four years at the University of Georgia, was the Bulldogs' starting shortstop in each of his 198
games with the program...Hit .261 with 45 doubles, five triples, 22 home runs, 119 RBI and 21 stolen bases...
Posted a .970 fielding percentage in his career, the school record for a shortstop...In 2019, as a junior, set
a single-season school record with a .987 fielding percentage, earning the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Award as the nation's top defensive shortstop...Entering the 2020 draft, was ranked by Baseball America as
the No. 298 prospect...Graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School...Hit .500 as a senior and was named
a 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game Second Team All-American...Has previously been drafted twice (Boston
Red Sox, 29th round in 2016; Tampa Bay Rays, 20th round in 2019).
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB-CS OBP SLG E
2021 Will Be First Professional Season
shuster, jared left-handed pitcher BRAVES HISTORY
Bats: L Throws: L Height: 6-3 Weight: 205
Born: 8/3/98 in New Bedford, MA Resides: New Bedford, MA
School: Wake Forest University (NC)
Obtained: Selected by the Braves in the first round (25th overall) of the 2020 First-Year Player Draft
2020 Review: In his first professional season, was on Atlanta's initial 60-man player pool...Spent the
season at the club's alternate training site...Amateur: In three seasons at Wake Forest, went 6-8 with a 6.17
ERA (88 ER/128.1 IP) in 41 appearances, 22 starts...Struck out 169 in 128.1 innings, including 98 over 68.0 OPPONENTS
innings in 2019, his sophomore season...His 12.4 strikeouts per 9.0 innings that season is the third-highest
single-season total in program history...Following that 2019 campaign, pitched for the Orleans Firebirds
of the Cape Cod League and went 4-0 with a 1.36 ERA to earn All-Star honors...Made seven starts, five of
which were scoreless...In his final season with the Demon Deacons, 2020, served as the Saturday starter
and posted a 3.76 ERA (11 ER/26.1 IP), striking out 43 batters and walking just four...Prior to attending Wake
Forest, went to Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass...Was a two-way player...Batted .506 as a junior and .347
as a senior, combining to hit 10 home runs...Also played basketball.
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 MISCELLANEOUS

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