Saturday night arguably saw the best performance yet from Atlanta Braves’ No. 3 prospect AJ Smith-Shawver. The overall stat line doesn’t reveal such. He pitched four innings, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out eight against the Minnesota Twins.
However, apart from a five-batter stretch that saw both runs score in the second inning, he was solid. Three of his innings were scoreless with a 1-2-3 inning in the third inning. He saw just four batters in the first and fourth innings.
Because of how impressed he was with this outing, MLB.