Dylan Dodd #46

Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the third round (96th overall) of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft...Was named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2021 after leading the conference with eight wins, 102 strikeouts, 84.0 innings pitched and a 2.36 ERA during his senior season with Southeast Missouri State University.

2023

Went 2-2 with a 7.60 ERA (29 ER/34.1 IP) in seven starts in his debut season with Atlanta...In his Major League debut, Dodd held the Cardinals to one run and six hits over 5.0 innings pitched while earning his first career win...Dodd was the 10th Braves pitcher since 1900 to debut with a start against the Cardinals, but the first to do so in nearly 30 years...Brad Woodall was the last to start against St. Louis in his first career outing, doing so on July 22, 1994 in the second game of a doubleheader...Joined Tom Tuckey as the only other Braves pitcher in franchise history to beat the Cardinals in their debuts...Tuckey pitched a seven-hit shutout for the Boston Doves on Aug. 11, 1908 against St. Louis...Earned his third win of the season in Miami on May 4 after pitching 6.0 innings, allowing eight hits, three runs, three walks and a home run in Atlanta's 6-3 victory...Became the 10th pitcher in Atlanta franchise history to earn two wins in their first three career starts and first since Ian Anderson in 2020...Made 16 appearances (14 starts) with Triple-A Gwinnett, finishing 4-6 with a 5.91 ERA...Following the season, pitched for Salt River of the Arizona Fall League and went 0-1 with a 6.16 ERA (13 ER/19.0 IP) in four games, all starts.

2022

In his second professional season went 12-9 with a combined 3.36 ERA in 26 starts between three levels of the Braves farm system...Went 9-5 with a 3.44 ERA (34 ER/89.0) in 16 starts with High-A Rome…Was named the South Atlantic Pitcher of the Week (5/20) after tossing a combined 13.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts between two starts...Pitched to a 3.11 ERA (16 ER/ 46.1 IP) with 55 strikeouts in nine starts with Double-A Mississippi...Made one start with Triple-A Gwinnett on 9/25…Allowed three runs in 6.2 innings pitched in his G-Stripers debut.