Fangraphs is going through their yearly roll outs of top prospects from around baseball, and they got to the Braves more quickly this season. They didn’t make a big splash at the top of the list, naming current Rome Braves flamethrower AJ Smith-Shawver as their number one prospect. Smith-Shawver has nearly universally been ranked as either the number one or two prospect in the system and got off to a hot start with eight strikeouts in his season debut.
Beyond that there were a few notable calls, including the ranking of JR Ritchie. Ritchie joined Smith-Shawver as the Atlanta Braves only 45+ FV prospects and came in just behind at number two.