For multiple seasons now, whenever someone in the Atlanta Braves bullpen struggled, or even when they didn’t, we’d hear a familiar refrain: “When will they call up Hayden Harris? Why hasn’t Hayden Harris been called up yet?” Well, the second one is hard to answer, but the answer to the former was apparently “late in the 2025 season.”

How acquired

Harris signed with the Braves after a tryout as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia Southern University in 2022. He got the tryout by sending Atlanta scout, and former big league bullpen catcher, Alan Butts a message on LinkedIn while pitching with the Frederick Keys in the MLB Draft League.

What were the expectations?

Harris, 26, made his way up to Triple-A before the end of the 2024 season. As a pure relief prospect whose pitch arsenal an

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