Pitched for three seasons at Texas A&M...Went 5-0 with a 2.00 ERA (13 ER/58.1 IP) over 56 appearances (four starts) during his collegiate career...Moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation for his junior season in 2015, going 2-0 with a 0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP) across four starts to open the year before undergoing season-ending surgery...Following his sophomore season, he appeared in nine games out of the bullpen for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, posting a 0-0 record with a 0.00 ERA, striking out 10 in 12.1 innings...Full name is Alex Jordan Minter...Graduated from Brook Hill School in Bullard, Texas...Is engaged and expecting to get married in the 2025-26 offseason.
2024
Underwent left hip labral repair surgery on Aug. 21, 2024...Dr. Thomas Bryd performed the procedure in Nashville, Tenn....Appeared in 39 games for the Braves and finished with a 5-4 record and a 2.62 ERA (10 ER/34.1 IP)…Won five games in April, then was not victorious for the remainder of the season...Minter's five April wins tied for the most by a reliever in the season's first month in Major league history...Current Mets teammate Reed Garrett also won five games in the month...The only other pitcher to win five games in April without making a start is Cecil Upshaw (1971), who, like Minter, accomplished the feat for Atlanta...Was limited to only 39 Major League appearances due to two different IL stints with hip inflammation...Recorded his only save of the season on May 13 against the Cubs in a 2-0 win.
2023
Appeared in a team-leading 70 games this season, pitching to a 3.76 ERA (27 ER/64.2 IP)... Secured 21 holds while going 10-for-13 in save opportunities...After Aug. 28, Minter's 23 strikeouts in his final 14 relief appearances of the season ranked second in the NL and fourth in MLB...Pete Fairbanks (TB, 25), Alec Marsh (KC, 25) and Drew Smyly (CHC, 24) were the only relievers with more since then...Minter struck out at least one batter in each of those games - the fifth-longest active streak by an MLB reliever in that time...From May 27-September 19, pitched to a 1.43 ERA (6 ER/37.2 IP) in 42 games...Among pitchers with 40 appearances in that timeframe, his ERA ranked third behind Hoby Milner (MIL, 1.06) and Brusdar Graterol (LAD, 1.09)...Became the first Brave to appear in 70 games in back-to-back seasons since Jonny Venters did it from 2010-11...Since the beginning of the 2020 season, Minter's 206 appearances rank fourth in the majors...Tyler Rogers (245), Hector Neris (239) and Scott Barlow (235) are the only pitchers with more games since then...During the regular season, opponents batted .306 against him at Truist Park, compared to .171 on the road...Has 105 career holds...Since the stat's invention in 1986, Mike Remlinger (107) is the only Braves reliever with more...Since 2019, became one of two relievers with at least 10 saves and 10 holds prior to the All-Star break...Tyler Rogers (SF, 2021) also did it with 10 saves and 17 holds.
2022
Led all of baseball with 34 holds while going 5-4 with five saves and a 2.06 ERA in his sixth Major League season...His 75 appearances were the fourth most in MLB...Was the only pitcher with at least five wins, five saves and 30 holds this season...Minter’s 2.06 ERA was the third lowest among pitchers with at least 70 appearances.
2022 Postseason: Allowed a pair of runs in two outings out of Atlanta’s bullpen while recording four strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched.
2021
Appeared in 61 games for Atlanta in his fifth major-league season, and finished 3-6 with a 3.78 ERA (22 ER/52.1 IP)...Pitched to a 2.71 FIP over the season, third-lowest among lefty relievers behind Josh Hader and Aaron Loup (min. 50 IP)...His 23 holds were tied for the sixth-most in baseball...Made seven appearances in Triple-A without allowing a run and fanning 10 hitters in 7.1 innings pitched...Went 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA (6 ER/20.0 IP) in eight relief appearances...Pitched 2.0 scoreless innings in consecutive outings against Los Angeles during the NLCS...Tossed 2.2 innings of one-run ball in relief in his first appearance in the World Series against Houston...His 18 strikeouts were third-most by a reliever, behind Houston's Cristian Javier (19) and teammate Tyler Matzek (24).
2020
Appeared in 22 games for Atlanta in his fourth major-league season, and finished 1-1 with a 0.83 ERA (2 ER/21.2 IP)...His 0.83 ERA was the lowest in the National League and second in the majors among left-handed pitchers (min. 20.0 IP)...Was the only lefty in the National League (one of two in MLB) with two earned run or less in at least 20.0 IP...Pitched to a 2.84 FIP this season, third lowest in the National League among lefties with as many innings pitched, behind only Drew Smyly and teammate Tyler Matzek...His 22 relief appearances were the third most on the team.
2020 POSTSEASON
Went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (2 ER/6.0 IP) in five games...Made his first career start in Game 5 of the NLCS...Minter became the first pitcher in major league history to make his first career start in the postseason...He last started a game in 2015, making four starts during his junior season at Texas A&M and going 2-0 with a 0.43 ERA (1 ER/21.0 IP)...Held Los Angeles (NL) to one hit while fanning seven without issuing a walk over 3.0 scoreless innings during his start...Became the first pitcher in postseason history to strike out at least seven batters in an outing of three innings or fewer, and just the fourth pitcher in franchise history to do so in any game…Jesse Biddle was the last to do so, fanning eight Nationals in 3.0 innings of relief on June 2, 2018...Minter fanned five consecutive batters to end his outing, tying the NLCS record.
2019
Made 36 appearances with Atlanta and went 3-4 with a 7.06 ERA (23 ER/29.1 IP) and 35 strikeouts… Logged five saves... Opened the season on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation and missed the first five games before being reinstated on 4/4…Made a second trip to the IL due to left shoulder inflammation, 9/12, and missed the remainder of the season... Pitched to a 4.57 FIP on the season…In 117 career games, has a 2.97 FIP and a 4.26 ERA... Minter's 2.49 difference in FIP and ERA in 2019 was the fifth-biggest disparity in the majors (min. 35 games)... Allowed the first batter he faced to bat .286 (8-for-28) and reach base at a .444 clip…The first batter logged a 1.016 OPS against him... Was optioned to Gwinnett on 5/9, and made three total stints with Atlanta…Was also up from 6/11-8/1 and from 9/3 through the end of the season... In 20 games with Triple-A Gwinnett, went 2-2 with a 3.57 ERA (9 ER/22.2 IP) and five saves… Fanned 30 and walked just three... Walked 1.2 batters per 9.0 innings with Gwinnett…Walked 7.1 batters per 9.0 innings with Atlanta.
2018
In his first major league season, worked at the back-end of the Braves bullpen and finished with 15 saves, one off the team lead of RHP Arodys Vizcaíno ... Since the save became an official stat in 1969, 2018 marked just the second time the Braves had two different players record 15 saves…RHP Greg McMichael had 19 and LHP Mike Stanton had 27 in 1993 ... Minter's 15 saves were second most among rookies in the majors, just one short of Philadelphia's Seranthony Dominguez...Minter's 15 saves were the most by a rookie left-hander since 1975, when Will McEnaney saved 15 for Cincinnati ... Also had 12 holds, becoming one of four pitchers in the majors with that many holds and at least 15 saves…Joined Jeremy Jeffress, Joakim Soria and Seranthony Dominguez ... Made 65 appearances, the fourth most in franchise history by a rookie left-hander…Jonny Venters set the mark with 79 in 2010 ... Led all major league rookie lefties this season with his 65 appearances ... Allowed 16 of his 22 earned runs at SunTrust Park...Went 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA (6 ER/28.2 IP) and converted 10-of-11 save chances in 31 games on the road ... Batters hit .297 (19-for-64) against him with runners in scoring position, including .324 (11-for-34) in such situations with two outs...Allowed a .208 (11-for-53) opponents' average with no runners on and no outs ... Walked 3.2 per nine innings, but compiled a 3.38 ERA (7 ER/18.2 IP) in appearances with a walk… Had a 3.16 ERA (15 ER/42.2 IP) in his 46 games with no walks ... Among National League pitchers with as many innings as Minter, his 0.44 HR/9 rate was eighth best…Allowed three total home runs, all on the first pitch of an at-bat ... In at-bats that started 0-1, the opposition hit .258 (31-for-120) against Minter…When starting the at-bat with a ball, Minter limited the opposition to a .169 (15-for-106) average ... Appeared in two games of the NLDS vs. LAD, and tossed a scoreless inning in each.
2017
Made his major league debut and finished the season in the Atlanta bullpen after spending time across four levels of the Braves minor league system to open the year... Began the year with Single-A Florida and made one appearance before going to the disabled list with left forearm nerve inflammation…Missed all of his first major league Spring Training camp with the same injury... Made his MLB debut on 8/23 vs. SEA after the organization selected his contract from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the day…Struck out two in a perfect ninth inning and became the first member of the organization's 2015 draft class to reach the majors... Did not issue a walk in his first 13 career games... No other Braves pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) issued zero walks through the first 10 games of his career...Ian Thomas was the only other pitcher to go nine straight...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Minter's streak was two games shy of the modern major league record... SF's Hunter Strickland began his career in 2014- 2015 with 15 games without a base-on-balls... Issued his first walk and took his only loss on 9/26 at NYM... Finished the season having struck out at least one batter in his final 12 games…Of the 45 outs he recorded, 26 came by strikeout...Fanned a season-best four in his final appearance of the season, 10/1 at MIA... Had a 15.60 K/9 ratio and his strikeout per batter faced mark was .433…As a reference, only three qualifying relievers in history have reached those marks in the same season…Aroldis Chapman in 2013 and 2014, Craig Kimbrel in 2012 and 2017 and Kenley Jansen in 2011... His 26 strikeouts were the second most through a reliever's first 16 games in Atlanta franchise history…Only Craig Kimbrel had more with 31... Major league lefties hit .190 (4-for-21) against with no extra-base hits... Split his minor league time between Gwinnett (AAA), Mississippi (AA), Florida (A+) and Rome (A), combining to go 1-2 with a 3.33 ERA (9 ER/24.1 IP) and 30 strikeouts over 26 games... Reinstated from the MiLB disabled list on 6/12 and tossed a perfect inning for Florida, striking out all three batters he faced on 12 pitches... Moved to Single-A Rome on 6/16 for one outing before returning to the Fire Frogs…Made his Double-A debut on 6/28…After three scoreless outings with the M-Braves, transferred to Triple-A on 7/4 where he remained until his selection to the MLB roster... Went 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA (1 ER/9.0 IP) over his last 9 games with GWN after going 0-2 with a 9.95 ERA in his first 8 appearances with the G-Braves...Pitched back-to-back days for the first time in his career, 7/23 and 7/24…Did not pitch on consecutive days at the MLB level.
2016
Made his professional debut, pitching out of the bullpen for three different levels of the Braves organization as he recovered from "Tommy John" surgery in March of 2015…Did not pitch on consecutive days all season ... Made 31 combined appearances, compiling a 1.30 ERA (5 ER/34.2 IP), a .149 (18-for-121) and 47 strikeouts…Gave up three extra-base hits total and no runs in 29 of 31 games ... Began the year with Single-A Rome, making his professional debut on 5/5 vs. Hickory in Game 2 of a doubleheader ... Advanced to Single-A Carolina on 5/19 and debuted for the Mudcats on 5/22…Struck out four over 2.0 scoreless innings that day at Wilmington ... Made his Double-A debut on 7/5, striking out two over 1.2 innings vs. Montgomery ... Struck out at least one batter in 16 of his 18 regular season appearances with Mississippi… Fanned 12 consecutive batters, 7/9-22 ... Made three scoreless postseason appearances for the M-Braves.
