The Arizona Fall League chugs on, and Luke Sinnard proved across two starts why Battery Power is so high on him heading into next season. Sinnard looked impressive, throwing a lot of strikes with a fastball that averaged over 95 mph, and his progress this season looks to make him a real option in Atlanta in 2026.

Fall Stats: 6 G, 6-19, 2B, 8 BB, .316/.536/.368

Weekly Stats: 5 G, 4-15, 6 BB

Nacho Alvarez Jr. has been making consistent contributions to the Desert Dogs, but he’s doing so more with his eye than with his bat. Alvarez has drawn six walks in his past four contests, helping him to get on base in more than half of his plate appearances this fall. Unfortunately his contact has been less than stellar and he is settling for singles when he does manage to find holes. He didn’t have any real solid contact last week, and while his experience has helped him to make himself playable it hasn’t helped to answer any of the concerns surrounding his bat.

Fall Stats: 2 G, 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 32.40 ERA

Weekly Stats: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

It was a mere single game sample for Trent Buchanan, and boy was it a terrible appearance for him. Buchanan came in for the seventh inning of a seven-inning contest to protect a one run lead, but he quickly was chased from the game after blowing the save. He walked the first man then issued a hard double before hitting a batter to load the bases. A sacrifice fly tied the game up, then a softer double cleared the bases and put Mesa squarely in the lead. Buchanan’s day was officially over after issuing his second walk, and his fall has been off to a terrible start. Buchanan was able to get some swing and miss in this outing, but failed to find the strike zone far too often.

Fall Stats: 8 G, 6-30, 2B, 7 BB, 7 SB, .200/.368/.233

Weekly Stats: 5 G, 3-19, 4 BB, 2 SB

It’s been a mixed bag of results for Patrick Clohisy, who had a poor week at the plate despite plenty of walks and hasn’t made much in the way of an impact with his bat. Yet he’s had a few instances so far this season where he has scorched the ball, and while his swing-and-miss is higher than during the season he is showing signs that he could quickly turn around and start putting up some big offensive games. Yet again this week it’s more of him not hitting the ball particularly hard in the air, and the hope moving forward will be to get him back to showing pull side gap power like he did with Mississippi. He’s looked the best among the Braves hitting prospects in Arizona despite the strikeouts and seems to be on pace to put up a good fall.

Fall Stats: 6 G, 3-23, 1 HR, 1 BB, 2 SB, .158/.255/.261

Weekly Stats: 5 G, 2-20, HR, SB

A 2-20 week is not going to be a memorable one for Jim Jarvis, even if he did go deep on Saturday for the first Braves round tripper this fall. Jarvis failed to come through consistently, but he had quite a few hard hit balls that just happened to find gloves and overall it was an unlucky week for him given his contact. He had the most hard hit balls of the group and has been making plenty of hard contact, with one of his outs being a 389 foot fly out that was stung at 104 mph off of the bat but a bit too low to clear the fence. Jarvis is continuing the pattern of aggression that he has shown since joining the Braves organization, drawing only one walk so far this fall. Including those numbers he has just eight walks in 123 plate appearances since the trade.

Fall Stats: 2 G, 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 0.00 ERA

Two Braves pitching prospects made their fall league debuts on Tuesday, and Jacob Kroeger was the least interesting of the duo though he would make his mark. His opening game was a bit wild as he struggled to find the strike zone and walked two batters, but the Rafters were not able to get any hard contact and he escaped with no damage done. Game two was a much different story. Kroeger was able to locate his sinker and slider terrifically, and his slider put up number getting five whiffs and helping Kroeger to strike out five of the seven batters he faced. With Kroeger’s lack of power on his pitches he needs to be fine with location in order to succeed, and he was able to find a real rhythm in game two and make batters look silly.

Fall Stats: 3 G, 3 â…” IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 2.45 ERA

Weekly Stats: 2 G, 2 â…” IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K

The Jhancarlos Lara experience is in full swing as he has been equal parts dominant and unpredictable in his four appearances. Lara’s command in his first game of the week was atrocious as he was consistently pulling the ball down and to his glove side, but his stuff was so overwhelming hitters weren’t able to do anything with it. In game two he was able to land his slider for strikes, and immediately racked up whiffs and strikeouts recording six in that game. Still his command wasn’t good, and the two walks he issued led to him allowing his first run of the fall. While Lara has been wild his entire career his three outings in Arizona have been particularly bad as his release point has not remained consistent. He was a bit better at repeating his mechanics in this past outing, but overall he has taken a bit of a hit since his dominant stretch in Gwinnett and he needs to get back to the level he was at when he ended the regular season.

Fall Stats: 4 G, 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6.75 ERA

Weekly Stats: 2 G, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

LJ McDonough had his best game to open up the week, striking out the side in an inning of work while getting plenty of action on his fastball. McDonough’s release has proved troublesome for hitters so far in the fall (and throughout his career) but he did a good job in both outings last week of repeating his mechanics and throwing strikes. McDonough was solid in his second outing especially with his slider, getting five whiffs on that pitch and mostly throwing it in competitive locations. A floated single and a couple of stolen bases led to him allowing a run, but overall he looked good on the mound as has been by far the most consistent reliever for the Braves so far.

Fall Stats: 2 G, 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1.80 ERA

The most exciting prospect of the fall made his debut on Tuesday, and our first look at Luke Sinnard on statcast gave out some eye-popping results. He was dominant on the field with six strikeout and no walks in five innings across those two games, and the underlying data does nothing to dissuade excitement. Game one wasn’t his absolute best as he didn’t do a great job elevating his fastball, but he was still able to overpower hitters and generate weak contact which led to a solid final line. He was much more impressive with his location in his second outing and the result of that was a stellar performance. Sinnard was able to get whiffs across the board, including five on the fastball and two on his splitter which was notably improved during the regular season. His velocity should be taken with a grain of salt as these are small samples, but he averaged over 95 mph in both starts which is a significant step forward from his college numbers and at worst is just a small sample increase but at best could be a sign of him adding velocity as he gets further from Tommy John surgery. Impressively, he controlled the ball well even at high velocity, and it wasn’t just the pure velocity that impressed. He had a ton of spin and movement on both his fastball and slider, and killed velocity and spin on splitter to the tune of an average velocity of 83 mph and spin rate of 740 rpm. His splitter does almost have too little spin as it has an awkward shape and tends to float unpredictably, so at this stage his ability to land it consistently is going to be a question as it was during the season, but he definitely has the tools to kill spin and the Braves will likely work with him to get a grip that makes the shape of the pitch more consistent. Overall though Sinnard needs some work to get to the next step of command, but it’s a big league arsenal, he throws a ton of strikes, and despite his low amount of professional experience he seems genuinely ready to make a major league push at some point in 2026.

Fall Stats: 2 G, 1 â…“ IP, 2 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 33.75 ERA

Weekly Stats: 1 G, â…“ IP, 0 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

In the same game in which Buchanan struggled to get outs, Cory Wall topped him in futility. Wall only threw three of his 19 pitches in the strike zone, walking three batters and striking out one before getting pulled from the game. All three of those runners would come in to score off of Wall’s replacement, ballooning Wall’s ERA. He has been horrific with his command this fall, and will have to improve rapidly to produce any valuable innings moving forward.