A.J. Minter had a weird regular season for Atlanta, but came up big as a part of the Night Shift in the playoffs. In the end, as the Braves won a title, you could say he made good on the Braves’ drafting him relatively high for a reliever many moons ago. A fun trivia question in future years will be, “Which reliever led the 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves in fWAR during the season,” and the answer will not be Tyler Matzek, or Luke Jackson, or even Jesse Chavez. The answer, of course, is A.J. Minter, even though he was demoted to Triple-A in the middle of the season.
2021 Braves Player Reviews: A.J. Minter
