Allan Winans #27

Full name is Allan Lee Winans…spent three years at Campbell University (2016-18)…was named the 2018 Big South Pitcher of the Year and was also named to the 2018 First Team All-Big South after going 6-4 with a 2.73 ERA (82.1IP, 25ER) and 96K…attended Bakersfield College prior to Campbell…graduated from Frontier High School in Bakersfield, Calif.…was named a First Team All-Conference selection twice.

2024

Made two starts for Atlanta, going 0-2 with a 15.26 ERA (7.2IP, 14H, 14R/13ER, 4BB, 4K, 3HR) in two stints with the club (4/7-11 and 7/24)…spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Gwinnett, going 7-5 with a 3.30 ERA (114.2IP, 103H, 44R/42ER, 31BB, 100K, 15HR) in 24 games (16 starts)…among Braves farmhands, tied for fourth in wins, ranked fifth in innings pitched and ninth in strikeouts…was named the International League “Pitcher of the Month” in June after going 1-0 with a 1.16 ERA (31.0IP, 23H, 6R/4ER, 4BB, 36K, 2HR) over five starts…was named the International League “Pitcher of the Week” for 6/3-9 after allowing only 1H over 6.0 scoreless innings on 6/5 at Durham (1BB, 8K)…was designated for assignment by Atlanta on 1/17/25…was claimed off waivers by the Yankees from the Braves on 1/23/25…was designated for assignment by the Yankees on 2/5/25 and outrighted on 2/7.

2023

Went 1-2 with a 5.29 ERA (19 ER/32.1 IP) in six starts in his first Major League season...Made his debut on July 22 at Milwaukee...Went 9-4 with a league-best 2.85 ERA in 23 games (17 starts) during his second season with Triple-A Gwinnett...Was named a 2023 International League All-Star...Joined Bryse Wilson and Kyle Wright as the only pitchers in Gwinnett history to win an International League ERA title. Earned his first win against New York (NL) on Aug. 12; scattering four hits and fanning nine hitters over 7.0 scoreless innings against the Mets...He was originally the New York Mets' 17th-round pick (500) in 2018 out of Campbell University, N.C.....Selected by Atlanta in the 2021 Rule 5 Draft...Winans became the first player in modern Braves franchise history (since 1901) to strike out at least nine hitters without allowing a run over 7.0 innings pitched in one of his first two career outings...He became the 25th player to do so in Major League history (since 1901), the first since Sixto Sanchez on Aug. 28, 2020 with Miami, and he is the third-oldest rookie on the list to do so...Joined Atlanta teammate Collin McHugh as one of the 25 players in baseball history to do so...He is one of nine pitchers in franchise history to toss at least 7.0 scoreless frames in one of his first two career outings and first since Larry McWilliams on July 17, 1978, which also happened in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Mets...Winans became just the fourth pitcher in modern franchise history (dating to 1900) to pitch at least 22.0 innings and only issue a combined four walks or less through his first four outings and the first to do so since Rick Matula in 1979...Joined Matula, Irv Young (1905) and Sterling Skyler (1924)...Winans' 32 career strikeouts are tied for the second most in franchise history through a player's first five career games; Ian Anderson has the most with 35.

2022

His first season in Atlanta's farm system was with Double-A Mississippi in 2022...Winans went 1-4 with a 2.44 ERA in eight starts with the M-Braves.