Atlanta Braves: Surprises and Omissions from 60-man Roster for 2020 Season

There honestly were a lot of surprises for the Atlanta Braves on this list as almost everyone we predicted was on the list.

However, they did bring a couple of catchers in Logan Brown and Jonathan Morales that I wasn’t expecting.

Brown is just 23 years old and hasn’t played above High-A yet. But he hit .272 last year in 368 at-bats, but had just 1 home run.

Morales is 25 and made his way up to Triple-A last year hitting .289 with a pair of home runs in 121 at-bats in Gwinnett.

I did think the Braves needed to add another catcher or two to my prediction list, but I thought they might go out and sign a veteran catcher with some big league experience.

That’s certainly still a possibility, but it seems they’re fine with the depth of catchers they have in place at the moment.

The only big surprise on the Braves’ initial roster was recent first-round pick, Jared Shuster.

And I guess that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, really. The Braves are going to want to give their first-round pick as many opportunities as possible this year considering his college season was cut short.

I had left Tyler Matzek off my prediction list, but he clearly needed to be on this roster after a great performance in spring training 1.0.

The Braves got their top 12 prospects on this list, which is a great move to give those kids as many reps as possible.

And I think there’s a chance we see a few of them make their debuts even in a shortened season.