Victor Vodnik #38

Victor Francisco Vodnik...Married to Monserath (Monse) Ornales...The pair have two daughters, Ariel (4) and Rose (2)...His parents are Anthony and Alma...He has six brothers and one sister, all of whom played baseball growing up...They all worked for his father’s plumbing business (Anthony’s Plumbing) growing up...Worked as a plumber in the offseason from 2019-22 to help support his family...He has helped his dad as a plumber since he was seven years old...Graduated from Rialto High School, just more than 50 miles east of Los Angeles...Pitched to a 2.77 career high school ERA while batting .360...Committed to Cal State Northridge before signing with Atlanta...His sports heroes growing up were Mike Trout and Kobe Bryant...His favorite sports teams are the Los Angeles Lakers and his fantasy football team.

2024

Made 64 appearances with Colorado in his rookie season, tied for the third-most by a rookie reliever in franchise history...His 73.2 relief innings ranked fourth in the National League and were the most by a Rockies rookie reliever since Adam Ottavino in 2012 (79.0 IP)...Recorded nine saves, tied for the second-most among rookie pitchers and the second-most by a rookie reliever in franchise history (Carlos Estévez, 11, 2016)...Threw 53 pitchers of 100-plus MPH, the second-most in a single season in franchise history in the Statcast ERA (since 2015)...Average fastball velocity of 97.9 MPH the ninth-fastest among all pitchers (min. 250 PA)...Made his first career Opening Day roster...On the IL Aug. 21 (retro to Aug. 9)-Sept. 8 with right biceps inflammation...Scoreless in his first eight appearances of the year through April 16...12.1 inning scoreless streak the fourth-longest by a rookie to begin a season in franchise history.

2023

Began his season in Double-A and ascended to make his Major League debut with Colorado in September...Non-roster invitee to Braves Spring Training for the first time...Went 3-1 with four saves, a 3.10 ERA (40.2 IP, 14 ER), 25 walks and 56 strikeouts from April 7-July 23 with Double-A Mississippi...13-game scoreless streak May 28-July 16…allowed six hits, walked 13 and struck out 28 through 18.0 innings...On July 24, traded from Atlanta to Colorado with left-handed pitcher Tanner Gordon in exchange for right-handed pitcher Pierce Johnson...Appeared in four games for Double-A Hartford (2 SV, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP) before his promotion to Triple-A…1-1 with a 7.71 ERA (7.0 IP, 6 ER) through eight games with the Isotopes... Selected by Colorado on Sept. 8…made his Major League debut the following day, allowing three earned runs on four hits with two strikeouts over 0.2 innings at San Francisco... Earned his first Major League win on Sept. 16 vs. San Francisco (2.0 IP, 2 H, ER, SO)...Over six total games with Colorado, went 1-0 with a 8.31 ERA (8.2 IP, 8 ER), three walks and 12 strikeouts…1.80 ERA (5.0 IP, ER) over his final three outings. 

2022

Finished 2-0 with a 2.93 ERA (9 ER/27.2 IP) between Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett. Did not allow a run in seven appearances with the M-Braves before being transferred to the G-Stripers. Went 2-0 with two saves in 24 outings out of Gwinnett’s bullpen while pitching to a 2.93 ERA with 33 strikeouts. His 2.93 ERA was the lowest among G-Stripers relievers with at least 20 games pitched.

2021

Went 1-4 with a 5.35 ERA (20 ER/33.2 IP) through 11 starts with Double-A Mississippi...Pitched to a 2.60 ERA through his five starts and a 8.27 ERA over his final six starts...Did not make an appearance in the M-Braves' Double-A Championship run.

2020

Added to the club's player pool on Sept. 2...Spent the rest of the season at the alternate training site in Gwinnett...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as Atlanta's No. 17 prospect.

2019

In his first full professional season, made 23 appearances, three starts, for Single-A Rome...In May and June, pitched in nine games, two starts, and posted a 0.84 ERA (3 ER/32.0 IP) with nine walks and 27 strikeouts...Went on the injured list on 6/26 with a blister, and missed over a month...Finished the season ranked by MLB.com as the Braves' No. 30 prospect.

2018

Made his professional debut with the GCL Braves, pitching in four games.