Attended West Madison High School (Madison, Wis.)...Competed collegiately at Missouri State...During his junior season in 2022, he reached safely in 57 of 60 games...Also, during his junior season, ranked highly in the conference in RBI (first), home runs (second), slugging percentage (third), on-base percentage (third) and total bases (third)...Won the MVC's Elite 17 Award, given to the player with the highest GPA in the championship game...Finished his college career as the team's all-time leader in fielding percentage (.994)...Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the third round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft from Missouri State (Springfield, Mo.)
2024
Awards: 2024 Futures Game Selection (Atlanta)...23-year-old Drake Baldwin completed his third professional season (all with Atlanta), posting a slash line of .276/.370/.423 (129-for-468) in 124 games between Triple-A Gwinnett (72) and Double-A Mississippi (52)...He hit 16 home runs, 19 doubles and one triple, while recording 88 RBI and 58 runs...Threw out 23-of-113 (20.4%) of attempted base stealers...Earned his promotion to Triple-A Gwinnett on June 11, along with INF Nacho Alvarez Jr...Rated as Atlanta's No. 5 prospect at the time of his call-up, according to MLB.com...Hit safely in 53 of 72 games (73.6%) during his first Triple-A season, batting .298 (82-for-275, with 12 home runs, 13 doubles, one triple, 55 RBI and 40 runs with an .891 OPS...Among International Leaguers, ranked second in RBI (55) and walks (52); sixth in hits (82); seventh in on-base percentage (.407)...Notched a 20-game on-base streak, spanning June 21-July 23...Batted .311 (23-for-74), with four home runs, four doubles and 13 RBI during the stretch...Started at DH for the National League squad in the MLB All-Star Futures Game, July 13, in Arlington, Texas...Went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly and a solo home run off Toronto's RHP Fernando Perez in the 6-1 win over the American League...Became the eighth Gwinnett player to participate in a Futures Game, joining Barbaro Cañizarez (2009), Mike Minor (2010), Julio Teheran (2011), Joey Terdoslavich (2013), Christian Bethancourt (2014), Touki Toussaint (2018) and Drew Waters (2021)...Drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning, June 15 vs. Nashville, securing a 4-3 walk-off victory...Played for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League following the 2024 season.
2023
Awards: 2023 MiLB.com Organization All-Star (Atlanta) 2023 South Atlantic League Post Season All-Star (Atlanta)...South Atlantic League Player of the Week (8/27/2023)...Slashed .270/.385/.460 (108-for-400) in 109 games - 92 with High-A Rome, 14 with Double-A Mississippi and three with Triple-A Gwinnett...He hit 16 home runs, 26 doubles and one triple, while recording 61 RBI and 63 runs...Named an MiLB.com Organization All Star and South Atlantic League Post Season All-Star...Earned his promotion to Double-A on Aug. 29...Promoted to Triple-A on Sept. 22...Among Braves farmhands, ranked third in doubles, extra-base hits (43), slugging percentage and OPS (.844); fourth in total bases (184); sixth in walks (67); tied for sixth in home runs (16); eighth in hits (108) and OBP; tied for eighth in RBI and runs; ninth in batting average - among qualifiers...Among South Atlantic leaguers, ranked fourth in OPS (.851); tied for fifth in doubles (25); sixth in on-base percentage (.385); tied for seventh in walks (61); eighth in extra-base hits (40) and slugging percentage (.466)...Hit his first professional home run (two-run), April 18 vs. Hudson Valley, off RHP Chase Hampton...Had two multi-homer games - both with High-A Rome May 16 at Hickory (both two-run) and Aug. 24 vs. Greensboro (both solo)...Prior to being promoted to Double-A Mississippi, hit .393 (24-for-61), with five home runs and 12 RBI in August...Over that 16-game span, led all High-A qualifiers with a 1.247 OPS...Hit safely in his final 15 games with High-A Rome, spanning August 2-24; tied for the second-longest streak of the season among all South Atlantic Leaguers...Slashed .421/.522/.807 (24-for-57), with five home runs and seven doubles...Overall, his streak ran 18 games, through Sept. 5 - including his first three games with Double-A Mississippi...Named the South Eastern League Player of the Week for the period ending Aug. 27...Hit .600 (9-for-15) with three home runs and two doubles, while recording five RBI, five runs and an OPS of 1.980 in five games...Finished the season as Atlanta's No. 26 overall prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com.
2022
Split the 2022 season between Low-A Augusta and the Florida Complex League, combining to post a .258 batting average (23-for-89) with five doubles and 15 runs across 24 total games...Appeared as a catcher and designated hitter...Made his debut in the Braves organization with the FCL club on Aug. 2, going 2-for-3 with a double and a run against Pittsburgh's affiliate...In 2022 was listed as Atlanta's No. 17 prospect, according to MLB.com.
