#Braves ' AJ Smith-Shawver in his season debut, with wind blowin in at Wrigley: 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, threw 55 strikes in 87 pitches. ATL leads 1-0 to start bottom of the 6th, Dylan Lee ...

Smith-Shawver, who began the season on the major league roster before a brief stint in Triple-A, has been excellent since his return—posting a 1.35 ERA over two starts.

SAN DIEGO – The Braves will start AJ Smith-Shawver in Tuesday’s Game 1 of their wild card playoff series against the Padres at Petco Park. Smith-Shawver only made one big-league start this year.

How acquired The Braves took AJ Smith-Shawver with the 217th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB Draft. They went overslot with a $997,500 signing bonus in order to sign him, as ...

Smith-Shawver was 1-2 with a 4.46 ERA in four starts this season before Monday, and 2-2 with a 3.88 ERA in 11 games (10 starts) over parts of three seasons in the majors, with plenty of trips back ...

AJ Smith-Shawver was rolling right along when he realized his Atlanta Braves teammates were beginning to avoid him. The 22-year-old rookie right-hander hadn’t given up a hit against the ...

The Atlanta Braves have a lot of promising pitching prospects, maybe none more so than AJ Smith-Shawver. The young righthander pitched four and a third scoreless innings in his 2024 debut ...

PHOENIX – When AJ Smith-Shawver first tried to pick up a slider by himself, he had trouble throwing it hard. He tried to spin it like a sideways curveball. “I don’t know,” he said.

Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver had been one of the few bright spots in a disappointing Atlanta season thus far as the 22-year-old turned himself into a Rookie of the Year contender.

AJ Smith-Shawver drops the ball in Game 1 of Braves-Padres series As expected, fans from Atlanta and San Diego and everywhere in between reacted strongly to Smith-Shawver's struggles.

Our R.J. Anderson ranked Smith-Shawver as Atlanta's No. 3 prospect before the season. Here's the write-up: The Braves have made a habit out of finding contributors outside of the first round.