{"id":116430,"date":"2025-06-19T21:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/116430\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T21:43:07","slug":"braves-to-select-didier-fuentes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/116430\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves To Select Didier Fuentes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Braves are going to promote right-handed pitching prospect Didier Fuentes<\/a>, reports Mark Bowman of MLB.com<\/a>. The youngster will start tomorrow\u2019s game against the Marlins. Corresponding moves will be required to add him to both the 40-man and active rosters.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an extremely aggressive promotion, as Fuentes only just celebrated his 20th birthday two days ago. A fairly unheralded international signing out of Colombia, Fuentes has raised his stock as he has climbed the minor league ladder. Last year, he tossed 75 2\/3 innings at the Single-A level with a 2.74 earned run average. He struck out 32.1% of batters faced while only giving out walks at a 6.9% pace.<\/p>\n

That got him some prospect love ahead of 2025, with Baseball America<\/a> giving him the #7 spot in Atlanta\u2019s system coming into the year. They mentioned his mid-90s fastball and slider, while noting he was still working on a splitter to neutralize lefties.<\/p>\n

Here in 2025, he has seemingly raised his stock even farther. He has gone from High-A to Double-A and Triple-A, tossing a combined 39 1\/3 innings. The 4.81 ERA might not jump off the page but he has a 28.9% strikeout rate and 7.2% walk rate. He\u2019s been hurt by a 58.4% strand rate, which is why his 2.81 FIP suggests he has deserved better this year.<\/p>\n

Coming into the year, FanGraphs<\/a> listed Fuentes as the #11 prospect in the Atlanta system but they now list him<\/a> as third in the system and #82 in the entire league. Both FanGraphs and Kiley McDaniel of ESPN<\/a> use Bryan Woo<\/a> of the Mariners as a comp for Fuentes.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta rotation has taken a few hits this year. AJ Smith-Shawver<\/a> required Tommy John surgery and Reynaldo L\u00f3pez<\/a> has been sidelined by arthroscopic shoulder surgery. At the moment, the starting group consists of Chris Sale<\/a>, Spencer Strider<\/a>, Spencer Schwellenbach<\/a>, Bryce Elder<\/a> and Grant Holmes<\/a>. It\u2019s possible that Fuentes will just be making a spot start. The club just began a stretch of playing 13 games in a row, so he can give all the other starters an extra day of rest in the midst of that, while getting his first taste of the majors.<\/p>\n

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