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Braves in AFL: Demeritte, Peterson transition to new positions

Dustin Peterson and Travis Demeritte had never played together until coming to the Arizona Fall League and playing for the Salt River Rafters. But they do have a few things in common, beyond both being on the Braves Top 30 prospects list, Demeritte at No. 9 and Peterson at No. 18.

Both are not original members of the Braves organization. They came to the system via trades, and both took place while they were still in A ball. Peterson came by way of the Justin Upton trade with the Padres in December 2014 and this AFL stint is a finishing touch to his second full season in the organization, which was a strong one in Double-A.