Nacho Alvarez Jr. #17

Played one season (2022) at Riverside City College...Led the school to a 36-12 (.750) record and its first California Community College Athletic Association championship since 2007...Slashed .370/.492/.582 (68-for-184) in 48 games...He hit five home runs, 16 doubles and four triples. while recording 44 RBI and 57 runs...Recorded 21multi-hit games and hit safely in 15 of the final 16 games of the season...Hit a single and drew a walk in the championship game against Folsom Lake...Attended Kaiser High School (Fontana, Calif.)...As a senior in 2021, led the team to a Sunkist League title...Posted a .451 batting average, while pacing the team in home runs (three). doubles (seven), triples (three) and RBI (27)...Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round of the 2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

2023

Spent the entire season with High-A Rome...Slashed .284/.395/.391 (119-for-419) in 116 games...Hit seven home runs and 24 doubles. while recording 66 RBI and 62 runs...Went 16-for-21 in stolen base attempts. Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star. Led all South Atlantic Leaguers in hits...Ranked third in games played; tied for third in walks (66); fourth in batting average and on-base percentage - among qualifiers; tied for sixth in RBI; seventh in doubles; eighth in at-bats...Recorded 31multi-hit games including a MiLB career-best. four hits, June 29, vs. Bowling Green...Defensively, appeared in a league-high 107 games at shortstop...Among those at the position with at least 450 innings, his .965 fielding percentage ranked second...Appeared in eight games as the club's designated hitter and one at third base...Finished the season as Atlanta's No. 7 overall prospect. according to MLBPipeline.com.

2022

In his debut season, 2022, slashed .287/.451/.394 (27-for-94) in 30 games - 15 with the Florida Complex League Rookie affiliate and 14 with Single-A Augusta...He hit one home run, three doubles and two triples, while recording 11 RBI and 25 runs...Went 8-for-9 in stolen base attempts...Earned his promotion to Single-A on Aug. 23 - where he transitioned from third base to shortstop, making 10 starts at the position...Recorded his first professional hit (single). Aug. 2 at FCL Pirates, off RHP Grant Ford.