Double-A Affiliate
Minor League Baseball announced on June 30 that there will not be a 2020 season. The season, set to begin on April 9 was delayed due to COVID-19, would have been the 16th at Trustmark Park.
Pitcher Tucker Davidson is excited to make his Major League debut, even if it does look a little different than he expected.
The Atlanta Braves announced their initial player pool for the shortened 2020 season on Sunday. Among the 56 players announced were 13, which spent time with the M-Braves during the 2019 campaign. Each of the top 12 prospects for the Braves is included, according to MLB pipeline and 15 of the top 30 overall.
Looking for this year's top baseball highlight? Look no further than what happened at the Mississippi Braves' home of Trustmark Park on Sunday. Jeremy Williams, coming through in the clutch, hit a Father's Day home run that will never be forgotten.
With the 2020 minor league season having been cancelled, Ryan Casteel and the M-Braves are staying positive, and look to the future.
Even with the regular season shortened to 60 games, Ronald Acuña Jr. could still easily join Alex Rodriguez, Mike Trout and Andruw Jones as the only players in MLB history to total at least 80 HR and 70 SB at 22 or younger.
Every. Game. Matters.#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/6uq8hpJNoe
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 6, 2020
THANK YOU! ♥
- Mississippi Braves (@mbraves) April 26, 2020
We brought the ballpark experience to Merit Health doctors, nurses and staff. pic.twitter.com/TKjb3FkRww
Our season might have been stopped, but our 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 remains the same!
- Mississippi Braves (@mbraves) April 18, 2020
Stay strong Mississippi, because we're coming back!#MississippiStrong We stand with you! Inspired by @doner_agency. pic.twitter.com/z4KkWy4K1P
The Mississippi Braves, Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves celebrated the end of the decade by unveiling the All-Decade squad from 2010 to 2019.
In 2019, the M-Braves surpassed 3 million fans, 1,000 wins, placed a record three players on the Southern League Postseason All-Star team, including the first-ever league MVP.
A hitting machine atop the Mississippi Braves lineup, Drew Waters took the Southern League by storm in 2019 and soared toward the top of the Atlanta Braves prospect lists. Waters became the first M-Brave to win the award and first for the franchise since Javy Lopez in 1991 for the Greenville Braves.
After big 2019 campaigns, OF Trey Harris and RHP Ian Anderson were named its Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year. Outfielders Cristian Pache and Drew Waters and pitchers Anderson and Tucker Davidson shared Mississippi Braves Player of the Year awards.
Hours after he was named to the All-Star Futures Game, the third-ranked Braves prospect tied the team record with a career-high 14 strikeouts over seven innings as he and reliever Jeremy Walker no-hit Jackson, 2-0, on June 28 at Trustmark Park. History was made on the night the M-Braves saluted the Jackson Generals with throwback jerseys.
M-Braves Office Manager Christy Shaw has become an inspiration around the Atlanta Braves organization and baseball with her courageous fight against breast cancer. Her journey hasn't been easy, but she is now cancer-free and crucial part of the Mississippi Braves.
