Nacho Alvarez Jr. #24

Played one season (2022) at Riverside City College...Led the school to a 36-12 (.750) record and its first California Community College Athletic Association championship since 2007...Slashed .370/.492/.582 (68-for-184) in 48 games...He hit five home runs, 16 doubles, and four triples while recording 44 RBI and 57 runs...Recorded 21 multi-hit games and hit safely in 15 of the final 16 games of the season...Hit a single and drew a walk in the championship game against Folsom Lake...Attended Kaiser High School (Fontana, Calif.)…As a senior in 2021, led the team to a Sunkist League title...Posted a .451 batting average while pacing the team in home runs (three), doubles (seven), triples (three) and RBI (27)…Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft from Riverside City College (Riverside, Calif.).

2024

21-year-old Nacho Alvarez Jr. played in his first Major League season (with Atlanta), hitting .100 (3-for-30) with one run in eight games...Started eight of the club’s games during the regular season: seven at second base and one at third base...Was not included on the club's postseason roster...Was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training...At the time of his call-up, played 222 career MiLB games (181 at shortstop, 22 at third base and 19 at DH) across five levels (Rookie, A, High-A, Double-A, Triple-A)…Spent the most time at High-A Rome (116 games)…Selected to the Major League roster on July 22...The club placed INF Ozzie Albies on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left wrist...Rated as Atlanta’s No. 5 overall prospect (No. 1 position player), according to MLB Pipeline...Went 0-for-4, with three ground outs and a strikeout in his Major League debut, July 22 vs. Cincinnati...Started at second base, batting second...At 21 years, 103 days old, he became the youngest Braves position player to make their MLB debut since Michael Harris II (21 years, 82 days), May 28, 2022, vs. Miami...In the franchise’s Modern Era (since 1900), Ozzie Albies (20 years, 206 days), August 1, 2017 vs. Los Angeles (NL) and Glenn Hubbard (20 y-292 d), July 14, 1978 vs. Philadelphia are the only players of younger age to make their MLB debut as the club’s starting second baseman...Became the first Brave to make their MLB debut from the No. 2 spot in the batting order since Yunel Escobar, June 2, 2007 at Chicago (NL)…Recorded his first career hit (single) July 24, 2024 (G1) vs. Cincinnati, off RHP Frankie Montas...Optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett, along with RHP Bryce Elder on July 31...Atlanta reported RHP Luke Jackson and OF Jorge Soler, whom the club acquired from San Francisco on July 29...Began the season with Double-A Mississippi...Earned his promotion to Triple-A Gwinnett on June 11, along with C Drake Baldwin...Rated as Atlanta's No. 4 prospect at the time of his call-up, according to MLB.com...Slashed .284/.391/.401 (118-for-416) in 112 games between Double-A Mississippi (48) and Triple-A Gwinnett (64)…Hit 10 home runs, 15 doubles and two triples while recording 57 RBI and 65 runs...Went 26-for-29 in stolen base attempts...Hit safely in 46 of 64 games (71.9%) during his Triple-A debut season, batting .297 (73-for-246, with 10 home runs, nine doubles, one triple, 42 RBI, 47 runs and 10 stolen bases with a .861 OPS...Belted a leadoff home run, June 29 vs. Memphis, off RHP Ian Bedell...Ejected for the first time in his professional career on Sept. 8 at Nashville by first base umpire Austin Jones...Tabbed by Baseball Prospectus as the No. 98 prospect pre-2024.

2023

Awards: 2023 MiLB.com Organization All-Star (Atlanta)...Spent the entire season with High-A Rome...Slashed .284/.395/.391 (119-for-419) in 116 games...Hit seven home runs and 24 doubles while recording 66 RBI and 62 runs...Went 16-for-21 in stolen base attempts...Led all South Atlantic Leaguers in hits...Ranked third in games played; tied for third in walks (66); fourth in batting average and on-base percentage – among qualifiers; tied for sixth in RBI; seventh in doubles; eighth in at-bats...Recorded 31 multi-hit games, including a MiLB career-best, four hits, June 29, vs. Bowling Green...Defensively, appeared in a league-high 107 games at shortstop...Among those at the position with at least 450 innings, his .965 fielding percentage ranked second...Appeared in eight games as the club’s designated hitter and one at third base...Finished the season as Atlanta’s No. 7 overall prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com.

2022

In his debut season, 2022, slashed .287/.451/.394 (27-for-94) in 30 games – 15 with the Florida Complex League Rookie affiliate and 14 with Single-A Augusta...He hit one home run, three doubles, and two triples while recording 11 RBI and 25 runs...Went 8-for-9 in stolen base attempts...Earned his promotion to Single-A on August 23 – where he transitioned from third base to shortstop, making 10 starts at the position...Recorded his first professional hit (single) August 2 at FCL Pirates, off RHP Grant Ford