In 2021, he was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year...Was also a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist, ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-American, D1 Baseball First-Team All-American, Baseball America Second Team All-American and Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-American...Played shortstop in 48 games for the Cornhuskers while hitting .284 with 40 RBI, six home runs and nine stolen bases...Went 3-1 with 10 saves and a 0.57 ERA (2 ER/31.2 IP) in 18 relief appearances with Nebraska...Played for Nebraska from 2019-21...Was named a team captain in 2021...Played High School baseball at Saginaw Heritage in Michigan...Had a career .416 batting average, six homers and 112 RBI...Went 18-6 with a 0.73 ERA in 154 frames...Drafted by Cleveland in the 34th round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft: did not sign...Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Nebraska.
2025
Went 7-4 with a 3.09 ERA (38 ER/110.2 IP) and 108 strikeouts in his second Major League season...Made his first Opening Day roster with Atlanta in his third professional season...Landed on the 15-day injured list with a fractured right elbow on June 29 and missed the rest of the season...At the time of his injury, Schwellenbach’s 13 quality starts after his final outing on June 28 were tied for the most in baseball...In six starts against National League East opponents, Schwellenbach went 4-0 with a 2.14 ERA and five quality starts...Is 8-1 with a 2.22 ERA and 11 quality outings in 14 career outings within the division...Finished the year with five double-digit strikeout performances...His six games with at least 10 strikeouts through a player’s first 38 games are the second most in Braves franchise history, trailing only teammate Spencer Strider (7)...On May 31, against Boston, Schwellenbach reached 198 career strikeouts...It was his 33rd career outing...Through 33 career games, Schwellenbach’s 198 strikeouts were the most by any pitcher in Major League history in as many outings with 35 walks or less issued (1901)...Tossed the first complete game of his career on June 11 against Milwaukee, scattering five hits and two runs with nine strikeouts over nine innings pitched...Became just the 31st player in Atlanta franchise history to record a complete game through his first 35 career appearances and the first since Bryce Elder in 2022...His nine strikeouts were the most by a Braves pitcher in a complete game through as many career outings since Kevin Millwood fanned 13 in 1998. Did not issue a walk in any of his first five career double-digit strikeout games…His five outings with 10-or-more strikeouts and zero walks are the most by any pitcher through their first 33 career appearances in MLB history, surpassing the previous high of four, held by former New York-NL teammates, Matt Harvey (2013) and Noah Syndergaard (2014-15)...Became just the 16th in pitcher in Major League history (dating to 1901) to make consecutive starts with at least 11 strikeouts and zero walks issued...Clayton Kershaw and Chris Archer are tied for the most with three...With his start against Boston on May 31, he became the 16th pitcher in MLB history and first Brave with as many as 11 strikeouts on their birthday...His fifth-inning strikeout of Boston’s Wilyer Abreu came on a 100.2-mph fourseam fastball; the fastest pitch of his MLB career…Registered 14 pitches 98.9 mph or faster (10 four-seamers, four cutters); accounting for the top 14 fastest pitches of his career before May 31, 2025 (2,985 total pitches)...Posted a scoreless streak of 16.0 innings to open the season, which covered his first two full starts (14) and first two innings of his start against the Phillies…In the Atlanta era (since 1966), it’s tied for the fifth-longest scoreless streak by a Braves hurler to begin a season, along with Jim Britton (1968) and Terrell Wade (1996)...On June 6, Schwellenbach struck out San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the second inning for his 200th career punchout...Joined Brandon Beachy and Spencer Strider as the only pitchers in Braves franchise history to eclipse the milestone in 34 career games or less...Strider did so in 21 starts and 13 relief appearances...Became just the third player in baseball history to record 200 strikeouts and less than 40 walks in their first 34 career games and the first since Noah Syndergaard with New York-NL.
2024
In his fi rst year with Atlanta and second professional season, Schwellenbach went 8-7 with a 3.35 ERA (46 ER/123.2 IP) over 21 starts...Made his debut on May 29 against Washington, allowing five hits and three runs while fanning five hitters...Made a combined eight starts between Double-A Mississippi and High-A Rome before Atlanta selected his contract...Before joining Atlanta’s rotation, Schwellenbach went a combined 9-3 with a 2.21 ERA over 24 starts across three levels (Mississippi, Rome and Single-A Augusta) of the Braves’ farm system dating to his professional debut in 2023...Pitched 13 scoreless innings in two starts with the M-Braves while recording 17 strikeouts and issuing just one walk, earning the win in both games...Made six starts for the Emperors and went 2-1 with a 2.53 ERA this season...His 122 strikeouts through his first 20 career games were the most by a Braves player through as many games to begin their career in franchise history...Schwellenbach struck out 42 hitters in the month of August; the most by a Braves pitcher in franchise history in their first year in a single calendar month...Became the first pitcher in the live ball era to have at least 77 strikeouts and issue 12 walks or less through a player’s first 12 career games...Fanned 11 Mets hitters while scattering two hits over seven scoreless innings on July 27...The 11 strikeouts set a new career high...Since the mound moved to its current distance in 1893, he is just the third rookie to strike out at least 10 in two straight starts, following Dwight Gooden (Sept. 12 and 17, 1984) and Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo (Sept. 9 and 14, 2022)...Became the first player in Braves franchise history to strike out at least 10 hitters without allowing a run in one of his first 10 career games...Became the third Braves rookie in franchise history with seven or more shutout innings, no walks, and 11 or more strikeouts...Bob Sadowski on Sept. 5, 1963 and Spencer Strider, Sept. 1, 2022 are the other two...Became the only rookie in the modern era to strikeout eight or more hitters without issuing a walk in three consecutive starts (July 21-Aug. 2)...Credit StatsPerform...Produced a 34.3% chase rate this season, the second highest rate among pitchers with at least 10 starts this year...Trailed only Philadelphia’s Christopher Sánchez (36.9%)...Threw strikes on 69.3% of his pitches, the highest mark among MLB starters with at least 10 outings...Schwellenbach went 7-3 with a 2.87 ERA against teams with .500 records or better this year...Only Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes (2.32) and LA’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto (NL - 2.28) have lower ERA’s among rookies against such clubs this season (min. 10 starts)...Went 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA in three starts against New York (NL)...Struck out 20 Mets hitters while only issuing one walk and averaged seven innings pitched between the three outings.
