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AJ Smith-Shawver (born November 20, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career Smith-Shawver grew up in Colleyville, Texas and attended Colleyville Heritage High School, where he played baseball and football. He was Colleyville Heritage's starting quarterback and passed for 2,616 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior. He stopped pitching to focus on football, and was named All-Area by the Dallas Morning News as a third baseman after batting .344 with 20 RBIs. Smith-Shawver committed to play both college baseball and college football at Texas Tech University. Professional career Draft and minor leagues The Atlanta Braves selected Smith-Shawver in the seventh round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team and received an over-slot signing bonus of $997,500. After signing, Smith-Shawver was assigned to the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Braves and made four appearances. He spent the 2022 season with the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets. While pitching in the FCL and for the GreenJackets, Smith-Shawver focused on developing a slider.The following year, Smith-Shawver began the season with the Rome Braves. At the High-A level, he made three starts, threw fourteen scoreless innings with four walks and 23 strikeouts, while yielding six hits. On May 2, Smith-Shawver was promoted to the Mississippi Braves. He allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings over two appearances at the Double-A level, then made his Triple-A debut with the Gwinnett Stripers on May 19, yielding his first earned runs on the 2023 season. Atlanta Braves On May 30, 2023, the Braves selected Smith-Shawver's contract and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. He faced the Arizona Diamondbacks in his major league debut on June 4, pitching 2+1⁄3 innings of relief while recording three strikeouts and one walk. Smith-Shawver made his first start against the Washington Nationals on June 9, yielding two unearned runs on three hits in 5+1⁄3 innings. On June 15, Smith-Shawver earned his first win, giving up six hits and one walk with six strikeouts in 5+2⁄3 innings against the Colorado Rockies. He became the youngest Braves pitcher to win a game since Steve Avery on August 24, 1990. On June 26, Shawver was optioned back down to Gwinnett to make room on the roster for the Braves to promote relief pitcher Dereck Rodriguez.Smith-Shawver was invited to spring training before the 2024 regular season began, but did not make the club and was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. Personal life AJ Smith was raised by his mother Laurie and stepfather Jason. He added Shawver to his surname while in high school. References External links Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet AJ Smith-Shawver on Twitter . Discover the Aj Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Aj Smith books.

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  • Lincoln and the Power of the Press synopsis, comments

    Lincoln and the Power of the Press

    Harold Holzer

    “Lincoln believed that ‘with public sentiment nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed.’ Harold Holzer makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lincoln’s l...

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    Zero Days

    Ruth Ware

    The New York Times bestselling “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenalinefueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a wom...

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    Shock Wave

    Clive Cussler

    A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe thirteenth adrenalinefilled Dirk Pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.A hu...

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    Stanton

    Walter Stahr

    New York Times bestselling author Walter Stahr tells the story of Edwin Stanton, who served as Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. “This exhaustively researched, wellpac...

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    The Quartermaster

    Robert O'Harrow

    “The lively story of the Civil War’s most unlikelyand most uncelebratedgenius” (The Wall Street Journal)General Montgomery C. Meigs, who built the Union Army and was judged by Abra...

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    Flood Tide

    Clive Cussler

    A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe fourteenth incredible Dirk Pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.Tracking a...