Officially, it's been well over a year since someone threw a no-hitter at the Major League level.
Unofficially -- and if you'll allow for a bit of creative math -- Didier Fuentes (the Braves' No. 3 prospect) completed one on Wednesday, and you're going to want to see this.
This may not be your first exposure to Fuentes. Out of necessity, he made four starts for the Braves in 2025, all within three weeks of his 20th birthday. The experiment was broadly unsuccessful; having only the most limited experience above High-A, he gave up 20 runs in 13 innings.
This spring, that same pitcher has made three appearances, against the Orioles (March 7), Yankees (last Friday) and Phillies (Wednesday), and he's retired 26 of the 27 batters he's faced. The 27th reached via a hit-by-pitch and was later erased via a caught stealing. The hit batsman, Orioles Minor Leaguer Colin Yeaman, was the first batter Fuentes faced this spring. So not just 26 of 27, but 26 in a row.
Even still, Fuentes turned things up another notch in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Phillies, in which he struck out eight of the 12 batters he faced over four perfect innings. His complete line through three outings this spring: 17 strikeouts, zero hits and zero walks over nine innings.
A number of legitimate big league hitters have been on the other side of Fuentes' dominance. While facing the Yankees last week, he added Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger and Ryan McMahon to his list of strikeout victims.
Following that outing against the Yankees, Fuentes and Braves pitching coach Jeremy Hefner touched on the leaps and bounds the right-hander has made developmentally. Evidently, a lot has changed in the last nine months, not limited to his repertoire or his prospect ranking (MLB Pipeline had him at No. 12 on the Braves' list in 2025 before he jumped nine spots for '26).
Fuentes has never looked more capable as a stopgap for the Braves' uncertain rotation -- exactly the role he wasn't quite ready to play in 2025.