The Braves drafted speedy outfielder Logan Braunschweig out of UAB in the ninth round of this past MLB Draft. He was a senior sign pick who received just a $2,500 signing bonus.
What Were Expectations?<\/p>\n
Expectations were fairly minimal, but there were still some. Braunschweig received just a $2.5k bonus, but in his last three college seasons he hit at least .309 with an on base percentage of at least .428 in every season to go with a total of 64 stolen bases.
2025 Results<\/p>\n
Braunschweig went straight to Rome and played in 26 games there after signing his contract. He went on to slash .294\/.406\/.353 with 14 walks to 18 strikeouts in his 101 plate appearances. He added three doubles, a triple, and four stolen bases.
What Went Right?<\/p>\n
Braunschweig had no trouble adjusting to pro pitching thus far, continuing to hit for a high average with a high OBP. It\u2019s a small sample size, but this is a player drafted for his hit tool, so this result was hardly unexpected – especially against High-A pitching, but still good to see right out of the gate.<\/p>\n
Braunschweig isn\u2019t known for his power. He had 10, 12, and 22 extra base hits over his final three college seasons – though he did have a slight power surge this year with a career-high seven homers. However just four extra base hits over 101 plate appearances leaves little margin for error with his hit tool, even to become just a fourth or fifth outfielder.<\/p>\n
Braunschweig could potentially open 2026 back in Rome, but it is expected that his advanced hit tool and approach will get him to Double-A quickly. That will give him the bigger test that he needs after excelling with his hitting ability in college. He will need to tap into a little more power in order to reach a big league role, even if it\u2019s more gap power than over the fence type of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Braves drafted speedy outfielder Logan Braunschweig out of UAB in the ninth round of this past MLB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[114425,152118,363,99],"class_list":["post-294797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves-player-analysis","tag-atlanta-braves-prospects-minor-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}