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Braves Prospects: Augusta GreenJackets will Feature Plenty of Talent

By Jake Mastroianni

BREWSTER, MA - AUGUST 11: Bats next to the Brewster Whitecaps dugout during game one of the Cape Cod League Championship Series against the Bourne Braves at Stony Brook Field on August 11, 2017 in Brewster, Massachusetts. Cape Cod League games are a popular destination for MLB scouts. The collection of some of the country's top college players combined with the league's use of wooden bats help indicate a prospects success in the big leagues. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BREWSTER, MA - AUGUST 11: Bats next to the Brewster Whitecaps dugout during game one of the Cape Cod League Championship Series against the Bourne Braves at Stony Brook Field on August 11, 2017 in Brewster, Massachusetts. Cape Cod League games are a popular destination for MLB scouts. The collection of some of the country's top college players combined with the league's use of wooden bats help indicate a prospects success in the big leagues. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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SRP Park is home of the Atlanta Braves Low-A affiliate. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Augusta At Night)
SRP Park is home of the Atlanta Braves Low-A affiliate. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Augusta At Night) /

The Low-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves should have a large number of top prospects when the season gets underway in 2021.

After all the Minor League Baseball shake-up this offseason, the one new team the Atlanta Braves acquired was the Augusta GreenJackets who will now be their Low-A affiliate.

With no more rookie league teams, Augusta will now become the home for a lot of young prospects and newly drafted players.

I wanted to write this article because we had a reader ask what prospects might be in Augusta this year for fans looking to plan a trip to the new Low-A affiliate of the Braves.

First of all, SRP Park in Augusta, South Carolina was just opened in 2018 and was voted the Ballpark of the Year by a couple of publications during its inaugural season.

It’s a little over a two-hour drive from Atlanta, but if you get to chance to take in a game there you definitely should.

Figuring out which prospects will be in August could be tricky, mostly because there was no minor league season last year, so it’s unclear how teams will shuffle their players this season.

Another thing to note, it was announced that Double-A levels and below won’t be able to begin their spring training until after the MLB spring training is over, which means the Mississippi, Rome, and Augusta seasons will likely be delayed.

For this exercise, I’ll only be focussing on some of the Braves’ top prospects, which is what I assume most of you are interested in anyway.

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