{"id":661217,"date":"2026-04-03T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661217\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:49:18","slug":"where-will-the-battery-power-top-30-braves-prospects-open-up-the-2026-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661217\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will the Battery Power Top 30 Braves Prospects open up the 2026 season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Today is the day where Columbus and Augusta get their seasons underway, meaning all four levels of the Atlanta Braves system are now underway. With that in mind I decided to make this guide for following where our Top 30 prospects, and honorable mentions, will open the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Below you will find the players in order of their rankings in the Battery Power Top 30 Braves prospects, followed by where they will open the season as well as the positions you can expect them to play. At the bottom you can find a guide on which prospects are a part of which team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cam Caminiti \u2013 A+ Rome, LH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">JR Ritchie \u2013 AAA Gwinnett, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Didier Fuentes \u2013 AAA Gwinnett, RH Starting Pitcher. Note Fuentes also was a part of the Atlanta Opening Day roster, but was sent down to stretch out as a starter<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Owen Murphy \u2013 AA Columbus, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Diego Tornes \u2013 Extended spring training. Tornes will likely open with the FCL club next month playing mostly center field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tate Southisene \u2013 A Augusta, SS\/2B\/3B\/CF<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Briggs McKenzie \u2013 Extended spring training. McKenzie will likely open as a starting pitcher with the FCL team when that season begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Luke Sinnard \u2013 Extended spring training. Sinnard wasn\u2019t included on any of the rosters, meaning he will start in Florida. He will likely move to Columbus, or possibly Rome, once he is ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">John Gil \u2013 A+ Rome, SS\/3B\/2B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alex Lodise \u2013 A Augusta, SS\/2B\/3B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jhancarlos Lara \u2013 AA Columbus, RH Reliever<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Garrett Baumann \u2013 AA Columbus, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Luis Guanipa \u2013 A Augusta, CF\/RF<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Conor Essenburg, A Augusta, RF\/LF\/1B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Isaiah Drake \u2013 A+ Rome, CF\/RF\/LF<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cody Miller \u2013 A+ Rome, SS\/2B\/3B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Owen Carey \u2013 A+ Rome, CF\/LF\/RF<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Blake Burkhalter \u2013 Extended spring training. Burkhalter will likely move to Gwinnett shortly after his return and pitch in relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Lucas Braun \u2013 AAA Gwinnett, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Herick Hernandez \u2013 AA Columbus, LH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jose Perdomo \u2013 A Augusta, SS\/3B\/2B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rayven Antonio \u2013 TBD. Antonio is on the roster for Augusta on the website, where he spent all of last year. However he wasn\u2019t named in any of the roster tweets for the four affiliates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Raudy Reyes \u2013 N\/A. Reyes is out with Tommy John surgery according to his social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eric Hartman \u2013 A+ Rome, CF\/LF\/2B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ethan Bagwell \u2013 A Augusta, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dixon Williams \u2013 A+ Rome, 2B\/3B<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cade Kuehler \u2013 A+ Rome, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hayden Harris \u2013 AAA Gwinnett, LH Reliever<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Carter Holton \u2013 A Augusta, LH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Drue Hackenberg \u2013 AA Columbus, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Honorable Mentions<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jeremy Reyes \u2013 A+ Rome, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brett Sears \u2013 AA Columbus, RH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Juan Mateo \u2013 A Augusta, SS\/3B\/2B. Will open on the injured list<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">David McCabe \u2013 AA Columbus, 1B\/3B\/DH<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Landon Beidelschies \u2013 A Augusta, LH Starting Pitcher<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">By Team<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Triple-A Gwinnett<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">2.JR Ritchie<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">3.Didier Fuentes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">19.Lucas Braun<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">28.Hayden Harris<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other Prospects of Note: Rolddy Munoz, Jim Jarvis<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Double-A Columbus<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">4.Owen Murphy<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">11.Jhancarlos Lara<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">12.Garrett Baumann<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">20.Herick Hernandez<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">30.Drue Hackenberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HM.Brett Sears<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HM.David McCabe<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other Prospects of Note: Elison Joseph, Ambioris Tavarez, Patrick Clohisy<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">High-A Rome<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">1.Cam Caminiti<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">9.John Gil<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">15.Isaiah Drake<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">16.Cody Miller<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">17.Owen Carey<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">24.Eric Hartman<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">26.Dixon Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">27.Cade Kuehler<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HM.Jeremy Reyes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other Prospects of Note: Cedric De Grandpre, Ian Mejia, Logan Braunschweig<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Low-A Augusta<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">6.Tate Southisene<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">10.Alex Lodise<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">13.Luis Guanipa<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">14.Conor Essenburg<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">21.Jose Perdomo<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">25.Ethan Bagwell<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">29.Carter Holton<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HM.Juan Mateo (IL)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HM.Landon Beidelschies<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Other Prospects of Note: Cristobal Abreu, Luis Arestigueta, Davis Polo, Zach Royse, Nick Montgomery, Junior Garcia<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Extended Spring Training <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">5.Diego Tornes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">7.Briggs McKenzie<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">8.Luke Sinnard<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">18.Blake Burkhalter<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">22.Rayven Antonio<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">23.Raudy Reyes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today is the day where Columbus and Augusta get their seasons underway, meaning all four levels of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[84339,84340,191,46,4166,11509,5,192,4924,21193,25196,84338,25155,57391,4,62,65727,23419,811],"class_list":{"0":"post-661217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-aa-columbus","9":"tag-aaa-gwinnett","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-braves","12":"tag-atlantabraves","13":"tag-augusta","14":"tag-baseball","15":"tag-braves","16":"tag-columbus","17":"tag-diamond-images","18":"tag-didier-fuentes","19":"tag-extended-spring-training","20":"tag-hayden-harris","21":"tag-john-gil","22":"tag-mlb","23":"tag-new-york-yankees","24":"tag-rh","25":"tag-rome","26":"tag-starting-pitcher"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116342041214641038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661217","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=661217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}