FCL Braves release initial roster for 2026 season

**Injured Guys**

This is where you will find **Raudy Reyes**, **Rayven Antonio**, and also **Marcos Pol**. Those three are presently the only three guys listed on the IL. Reyes will miss the year thanks to a spring Tommy John, while Antonio and Pol’s statuses are less known. You will also see Luke Sinnard on this roster, but since he is listed as active you can find him with the pitchers.

**Pitchers**

There are two big names here on the active roster, Luke Sinnard and Briggs McKenzie. **Briggs McKenzie** was the team’s fourth round pick last year, but received the highest signing bonus at $3M. The North Carolina prep arm is still waiting to make his professional debut, but it will be highly anticipated. **Luke Sinnard** was the team’s third round pick in 2024, and injuries have slowed his career slightly – but he made 16 strong starts between Augusta and Rome last year in his pro debut, followed by five more starts in the Arizona Fall League. Sinnard has not yet appeared in a game this year after opening his season in extended spring training, but his stay here is expected to be short as they build him back up. **Cristobal Abreu** is a big armed reliever who opened the season in Augusta, but was sent down after walking eight in his first three innings of work. That was his first time appearing since getting injured in 2024, so they have decided to slow him down a little bit – not surprising since he just turned 20. Among the players acquired via the draft and undrafted free agents, **Cayman Goode** was a slightly overslot 12th rounder out of high school in 2024. Goode was considered a bit raw, and his results here last year indicated that as he pitched to a 3.57 ERA and 1.39 WHIP with 25 strikeouts and 16 walks over 35.1 innings in his pro debut. **Ryan Heppner** was the 19th round pick out of a Canadian college last year, and he too opened this year in Augusta, but was sent down after giving up 10 runs over his 4.1 innings – though he did throw two and a third scoreless frames in on Opening Day.. **Brody Fowler** was the 17th rounder out of North Greenville last year, and is still waiting to make his pro debut, as is 16th round pick from last year **Nico Wagner** out of West Valley College. **Daniel Brooks** is a larger framed undrafted free agent out of College of Charleston waiting to make his pro debut, while **Will Eldridge** was an undrafted free agent out of Indiana, who made his debut on Opening Day in a save opportunity. Among the international signees on the roster **Luisberth Valdez** is an 18-year-old who pitched to a 4.91 ERA with 34 strikeouts over 29.1 innings in his DSL debut last season. **Gensi Angeles**, the Opening Day starter this year, is also 18 and pitched to a 3.57 ERA and 0.96 WHIP, but with just 24 strikeouts over 35.1 innings in his DSL debut last year. **Wuilinyer Tovar** is an 18-year-old who made his pro debut in the DSL last year, pitching to a 6.83 ERA. **Jorge Nunez** is an 18-year-old who repeated in the DSL last year, and dropped his ERA from 4.02 to 2.57. **Yander Pinero** is an 18-year-old who also repeated in the DSL, dropping his ERA from 6.75 to 3.57. **Melvin Hidalgo** is a 20-year-old who made his pro debut last year as an older DSL player, as did the 22-year-old **Dayner Matos**, 21-year-old **Robinson Narciso**, and 21-year-old **Cesar Rodriguez**. **Edward Cedano** is repeating the FCL this year, after also repeating the DSL previously, but he is still just 20-years-old, and did show growth last time he repeated a level. **Juan Olmos** is a 21-year-old former catcher in the Royals organization who only converted to pitching last year for the first time.