Braves bring back up intriguing prospect relief arm
According to Braves beat reporter Grant McAuley, the Braves are bringing back up prospect reliever Hayden Harris for the final series and optioning Hurston Waldrep, who has already made his last start of the season. #Braves are calling up LHP Hayden Harris again and optioning Hurston Waldrep, who already made his final start of the […] The post Braves bring back up intriguing prospect relief arm appeared first on SportsTalkATL.com.
According to Braves beat reporter Grant McAuley, the Braves are bringing back up prospect reliever Hayden Harris for the final series and optioning Hurston Waldrep, who has already made his last start of the season.
#Braves are calling up LHP Hayden Harris again and optioning Hurston Waldrep, who already made his final start of the season.
— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) September 26, 2025
After dominating on the farm — posting a 0.52 ERA over 43 appearances between AA and AAA — Hayden Harris finally earned a call-up to the big leagues, and he held his own. In three outings, he allowed just one earned run on three hits and two walks across 2.2 innings.
Despite that performance, the Braves still opted to send him back to Gwinnett, which could be a telling sign of how they view him heading into 2026. Harris struck out an absurd 13.7 batters per nine innings in the minors this year but didn’t record a single strikeout during his brief MLB stint.
It’s a tiny sample size, but the fact that he hasn’t received more opportunities with the big-league club — despite being 26 years old and having nothing left to prove in the minors — is a bit puzzling. Hopefully, he gets another look in the Braves’ final series against the Pirates.
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