When the Atlanta Braves decided to blow up their big league roster and embark on a full-scale organizational tear down, the farm system saw a tremendous influx of talent. Today, most of those players are still sitting on the team’s top prospect list.
For an (un)lucky few, though, they’ve undergone some trial by fire, taking the field day after day as Atlanta weathers the low-point of the rebuild.
Mike Foltynewicz is one of these players.
Pitching in front of a depleted and uninspiring lineup, Folty, arguably the team’s number two starter last year behind Julio Teheran, went 9-5 with a 4.