AJ Smith-Shawver Is Rising
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AJ Smith-Shawver began on Monday, and it went quite effectively: 10 batters confronted, 48 pitches, 32 strikes, 2 2/3 innings pitched, 5 strikeouts, one hit, one stroll, no runs allowed. The Braves misplaced, however the harm got here after Smith-Shawver left the sport, and at any price, spring coaching outcomes have much less of an impression on common season success than what signal the GM was born below. Justin Toscano, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s beat author, tweeted after the beginning that Smith-Shawver was “in a better place, physically and mentally, for whatever comes this season. You can see the improvement.”
That’s thrilling information. The 21-year-old poked his head into the majors for the primary time in mid-2023; he threw 25 1/...








