Dylan Dodd #46

Was named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2021 after leading the conference with eight wins, 102 strikeouts, 84 innings pitched and a 2.36 ERA during his senior season with Southeast Missouri State University.

2025

Pitched primarily as a reliever for the first time in his career, making 28 appearances with Atlanta and 24 with Triple-A Gwinnett out of the bullpen...Made 72 starts as a professional over the previous four years...Compiled a 1-0 record with a 3.60 ERA over 28 games with the Braves, including scoreless efforts in 12 of his final 14 appearances of the year...Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings of relief, Sept. 13 versus Houston...It was the longest relief appearance of his career, and the longest scoreless relief outing by a Brave since Spencer Strider went four scoreless out of the pen on May 6, 2022...Combined to walk just eight batters over 60.1 innings between Atlanta and Triple-A Gwinnett...Fanned 62...Allowed lefties to bat .319 (15-for-47) against him on the year, but held righthanders to a .160 (13-for-81) average.

2024

Made one appearance with Atlanta, allowing two runs in two relief innings pitched in his lone outing for the Braves...Dodd was recalled to Atlanta three separate times throughout the season...Appeared in 25 games, 20 starts, for Triple-A Gwinnett, going 2-7 with a 5.35 ERA and 98 strikeouts...Pitched to a 5.13 ERA as a starter while posting a 6.75 ERA in five relief games.

2023

Went 2-2 with a 7.60 ERA (29 ER/34.1 IP) in seven starts in his debut season with Atlanta...In his Major League debut, Dodd held the Cardinals to one run and six hits over 5.0 innings pitched while earning his first career win...Dodd was the 10th Braves pitcher since 1900 to debut with a start against the Cardinals, but the first to do so in nearly 30 years...Brad Woodall was the last to start against St. Louis in his first career outing, doing so on July 22, 1994 in the second game of a doubleheader...Joined Tom Tuckey as the only other Braves pitcher in franchise history to beat the Cardinals in their debuts...Tuckey pitched a seven-hit shutout for the Boston Doves on Aug. 11, 1908 against St. Louis...Earned his third win of the season in Miami on May 4 after pitching 6.0 innings, allowing eight hits, three runs, three walks and a home run in Atlanta's 6-3 victory...Became the 10th pitcher in Atlanta franchise history to earn two wins in their first three career starts and first since Ian Anderson in 2020...Made 16 appearances (14 starts) with Triple-A Gwinnett, finishing 4-6 with a 5.91 ERA...Following the season, pitched for Salt River of the Arizona Fall League and went 0-1 with a 6.16 ERA (13 ER/19.0 IP) in four games, all starts.

2022

In his second professional season went 12-9 with a combined 3.36 ERA in 26 starts between three levels of the Braves farm system...Went 9-5 with a 3.44 ERA (34 ER/89.0) in 16 starts with High-A Rome…Was named the South Atlantic Pitcher of the Week (5/20) after tossing a combined 13.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts between two starts...Pitched to a 3.11 ERA (16 ER/ 46.1 IP) with 55 strikeouts in nine starts with Double-A Mississippi...Made one start with Triple-A Gwinnett on 9/25…Allowed three runs in 6.2 innings pitched in his G-Stripers debut.