{"id":560042,"date":"2026-02-07T19:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560042\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:28:17","slug":"braves-add-former-georgia-bulldogs-infielder-for-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560042\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves add former Georgia Bulldogs infielder for spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 7, 2026, 9:32 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Atlanta Braves have invited former <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia Bulldogs<\/a> baseball player Kyle Farmer to spring training. Farmer is a nine-year MLB veteran and was a free agent. He will have an opportunity to try out for the Braves as a non-roster invite (NRI) in hopes of making their Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Farmer most recently played with the Colorado Rookies. He is a versatile infield that can play third base, second base or shortstop. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound infielder could helped provide a boost in depth to the Braves, who are looking to return to the postseason after a disappointing 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Farmer has 537 hits, 63 home runs and 285 RBIs in his MLB career. The <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/baseball\/2026\/02\/03\/georgia-bulldogs-ranked-preseason-baseball-coaches-poll\/88492038007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former Georgia star<\/a> has a .247 career batting average.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:451px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88553959007-usatsi-26973990.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colorado Rockies second base Kyle Farmer (6) heads home to score a run in the fourth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Coors Field.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Farmer is 35 and is a local product. He was born in Atlanta and attended Marist High School. Now, he&#8217;ll get a rare opportunity to play for his hometown MLB team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Last season, Farmer batted .227 and had eight home runs. He drove in 31 runs on 63 hits with the Rookies in 97 games. He finished the 2025 season with 300 plate appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Braves add Kyle Farmer as non-roster invite<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow UGAWire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ugawire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@ugawire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a>\u00a0for more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/georgia-bulldogs\/3473\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Georgia Bulldogs<\/a>\u00a0coverage!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 7, 2026, 9:32 a.m. ET The Atlanta Braves have invited former Georgia Bulldogs baseball player Kyle Farmer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[67525,191,46,4166,5,192,4,73876,67701,67533,67704,73878,68346,73877,67543,67578,67528,69039,67706,69701,67529,67527],"class_list":["post-560042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-braves","tag-accessfree","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-atlantabraves","tag-baseball","tag-braves","tag-mlb","tag-sstssportscollegebulldogsbaseball","tag-sstsnbaseball","tag-tagbaseball","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-taggeorgia-bulldogs-football","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagkyle-farmer","tag-tagmlb","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116031003458805470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}