Today marks the deadline for teams to submit to Major League Baseball their initial spring training player pools, which can comprise up to 60 players. Players are not eligible to participate in either a spring training or regular season game until they are included in the pool. Teams are free to change the makeup of the pools as they see fit. However, players removed from a team’s 60-man (for reasons unrelated to injury, suspension, etc.) must be exposed to other organizations via trade or waivers.
Not all players within a team’s pool are ticketed for MLB playing time, of course. Most teams will include well-regarded but still far-off prospects as a means of getting them training reps with no intention of running them onto a major league diamond this season. A comprehensive review of 2020’s unique set of rules can be found here.
The Braves’ initial player pool consists of the following players.
Right-handed pitchers
- Ian Anderson
- Jasseel De La Cruz
- Mike Foltynewicz
- Shane Greene
- Felix Hernandez
- Luke Jackson
- Chris Martin
- Mark Melancon
- Darren O’Day
- Chad Sobotka
- Mike Soroka
- Josh Tomlin
- Touki Toussaint
- Jacob Webb
- Patrick Weigel
- Bryse Wilson
- Kyle Wright
- Huascar Ynoa
Left-handed pitchers
- Tucker Davidson
- Grant Dayton
- Max Fried
- Cole Hamels
- Tyler Matzek
- A.J. Minter
- Kyle Muller
- Sean Newcomb
- Philip Pfeifer
- Chris Rusin
- Jared Shuster
- Will Smith
Catchers
- Logan Brown
- William Contreras
- Travis d’Arnaud
- Tyler Flowers
- Alex Jackson
- Shea Langeliers
- Jonathan Morales
Infielders
- Ozzie Albies
- Yonder Alonso
- Johan Camargo
- Charlie Culberson
- Freddie Freeman
- Adeiny Hechavarria
- Pete Kozma
- Peter O’Brien
- Austin Riley
- Braden Shewmake
- Yangervis Solarte
- Dansby Swanson
Outfielders