Hurston Waldrep #64

Attended Thomasville High School (Thomasville, Ga.)...Ranked as the 14th-best RHP in the state of Georgia by Perfect Game in 2020...Collected Region 1-AA Pitcher of the Year honors and Region 1-AA First Team accolades...Won three Region 1-AA titles (2017, 2018 and 2019)...Son of Cliff and Debbie Waldrep...Has one brother, Ryan and two sisters, Morgan and Edon.

2024

Went 0-1 with a 16.71 ERA in two starts with Atlanta...Posted a 3.45 ERA (35 ER/91.1 IP) while going 5-7 between Single-A Augusta, Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett...Opened the year with the M-Braves, going 3-4 with a 2.92 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, .269 BAA, and four quality starts in nine outings...Finished the season with the Stripers, going 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA and 43 strikeouts in eight starts...Posted a 1.06 ERA through 17.0 innings pitched over his final three starts...Made his Major League debut on June 9 at Washington, surrendering seven runs and suffering the loss in 3.2 innings pitched.

2023

In his first season in the Braves system, rose four levels from Single-A to High-A to Double-A to Triple-A, posting a 1.53 ERA (5 ER/29.1 IP) in eight starts...His 41 strikeouts were more than any other hurler in the 2023 MLB Draft class...He issued 16 walks, while holding opponents to a .179 batting average (19-for-106)...Made his professional debut with Single-A Augusta, August 5 vs. Columbia (3.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB)...Earned his first promotion to Triple-A on Sept. 23...Became the first Braves farmhand to reach Triple-A Gwinnett (est. 2009) in the same year he was drafted...While with High-A Rome, notched his season­ high for innings pitched (4.2) and strikeouts (10) in the same outing, Aug. 26 vs. Greensboro...In three starts with High-A Rome, struck out 17 and allowed one earned run and four hits in 12.0 innings...Pitched to a 2.70 ERA (3 ER/10.0 IP) with 11 strikeouts over his next three starts, which came with Double-A Mississippi...Finished the season as Atlanta's No. 2 overall prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com...Also ranked No. 100 on the Top 100 Prospects List, by the same publication.