Braden Shewmake #17

Married Emily … has one son: Micah... Played three seasons (2017-19) at Texas A&M University, where he batted ,325 (248-763) with 21 home runs and 161 RBI in 188 games over three seasons (2017-19) … missed just one game during his career... Was a First-Team All-SEC selection in each of his first two seasons … was named to the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award in 2019... Is a 2016 graduate of Wylie (Texas) East High School … also played quarterback in football and forward in basketball.

2023

Recorded career highs in games played (122), home runs (16), RBI (69), runs scored (79), walks (39), doubles (28) and stolen bases (27) with Class AAA Gwinnett … also appeared in two games with Atlanta... Played 63 games at second base and 60 at shortstop with the Stripers … was successful on 27-28 (96.4 percent) of his stolen base attempts... Was recalled on 5/5 and made his Major-League debut that night vs. Baltimore as the starting shortstop, going 0-4... Entered the game on 5/6 vs. the Orioles as a defensive replacement and was optioned on 5/18 for the rest of 2023... Hit four home runs in April and July, stole nine bases in nine attempts in May and drove in a monthly high 14 runs in June... Recorded a walk-off, three-run home run in the Stripers season-opener on 3/31 vs. Jacksonville... Hit for the cycle on 6/28 at St. Paul, becoming the first player in Gwinnett history to accomplish the feat and first Braves Class AAA player since 1993... Homered with a season-high four RBI on 8/8 at Charlotte

2022

Received a non-roster invitation to Atlanta's Major League camp for the second time in his career...Played exclusively at Triple-A Gwinnett, slashing .259/.316/.399 (72-for-278).

2021

Played the entire 2021 season at Double-A Mississippi, hitting .228 (74-for-324) with 14 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 40 RBI...Enters the 2022 season as Braves' No. 6 prospect.

2020

Received a non-roster invitation to Atlanta’s Spring Training, less than one year after getting drafted by the Braves…Played in 11 games and went 4-for-15 (.267) with one double, two RBI, one walk and three runs scored...Played every inning defensively at shortstop (9 games, 0 starts, 32.1 total innings)…His extra-base hit (2B) came on 2/29 at Tampa Bay…Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored as a reserve...Spent the rest of the season at the club’s alternate training site...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the Braves’ No. 5 prospect.

2019

Played in 65 games between Single-A Rome and Double-A Mississippi after getting drafted by the Braves in June...Hit .300/.371/.425 (74-for-247) with three home runs, 40 RBI, 44 runs scored and 13 stolen bases...Named as Rome’s co-Player of the Month for June...Hit .442 (19-for-43) with a 1.083 OPS in 10 games that month...Was selected as the South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the period of 6/24-30, his first full week in professional baseball...Slashed .464/.483/.750 in six games...Named by Baseball America as the best “Defensive Infielder” in Atlanta’s organization...Ranked by MLB.com as the Braves’ No. 9 prospect.