Braves Minor League Update: Who’s hot, Who’s not, April 14 edition

Apr 18, 2025; North Augusta, South Carolina, USA; Augusta GreenJackets Ethan Bagwell (18) is seen between the nets during the Augusta GreenJackets and Myrtle Beach baseball game at SRP Park. The Augusta GreenJackets unveiled their new Augusta Azalea uniforms. Mandatory Credit: Katie Goodale - Augusta Chronicle/USA TODAY NETWORK | Katie Goodale / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Continuing our series from last week, let’s take a look at who showed up the most last week and who stands to gain this week.

Who’s Hot Ethan Bagwell – 7IP 7H 3ER 0BB 5K Building off of a great season debut, Ethan Bagwell continued his good work – this time against the Delmarva Shorebirds. That’s now a grand total of 1 walk through two starts (13 IP) for Ethan. He got ahead of batters consistently throughout the game as he landed a first pitch strike to 20 of the 27 hitters he faced.

He was primarily a three pitch pitcher, featuring his four-seam (31% usage), two-seam (29% usage), sweeper (26% usage) while also executed a changeup (14% usage) low in the zone multiple times. While his velocity did fluctuate a bit during this start he still averaged 94 MPH on it, reaching 96. Didier Fuentes – 6IP 2H 0R 4BB 8K, 1 HBP The strong early work for Fuentes continued in his second start of the season for the Stripers as he threw six shutout innings.

Fuentes recorded 13 whiffs on 30 swings, and only really struggled out of the stretch where he picked up three of his four walks. The fastball velocity sat between 96-99 MPH and he continued to locate it at the top of the zone very well. He leveraged the fastball 65% of the time, while he used his slider 30% of the time.