Braden Shewmake

Bats L Throws R6'3" 190 lbBorn 1997 Wylie, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2019 R1 #21 Atlanta Braves, Texas A&M

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 50.5FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.41 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	138	127	28	6	1	3	7	28	3	0.223	0.272	0.346	0.618	0.123	0.271	20.3	5.4	64.4	-0.17

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 59 HIT+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Eddie Shokes	1946	26.1	did not play
2	Al Pardo	1989	-16.0	did not play
3	Wayne Tolleson	1982	-9.5	81.4	521
4	Diory Hernandez	2010	-4.5	40.5	35
5	Mike Hubbard	1997	-6.1	-12.2	56
6	Joe Cannon	1980	0.9	did not play
7	Eric Valent	2003	5.5	108.6	300
8	Kory Casto	2008	42.8	did not play
9	John McHale	1948	42.4	did not play
10	John Flaherty	1994	3.7	74.9	385

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			138		28	6	1	3		3	7	28	0.223	0.272	0.346	0.618	64.4
2026*	MIL	34	91	12	22	5	0	3		1	2	16	0.259	0.270	0.424	0.693	83.1
2024	CWS	29	67	4	8	2	0	1	4	5	1	10	0.125	0.134	0.203	0.337	-19.2
2023	ATL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7
Career		31	71	4	8	2	0	1	4	5	1	11	0.118	0.127	0.191	0.318	-24.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	91	89.9	13.8	6.9	37.0	23.5	52.6	0.246	0.411	0.294	28.2
2024	67	86.5	14.3	3.6	26.8	26.3	37.0	0.178	0.279	0.206	27.8
2023	4	74.6	-33.2	0.0	33.3	42.9	66.7	0.127	0.172	0.131

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2024	CWS	SS	11	67	6	19	2	4	0.926	-0.9
2024	CWS	3B	8	59	3	13	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2024	CWS	2B	6	52	4	16	1	3	0.952	+0.8
2023	ATL	SS	2	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	36	0 HR, 1 SB	0.250	0.627
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	44	0 HR, 1 SB	0.158	0.493
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	80	0 HR, 2 SB	0.200	0.553
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	315	4 HR, 15 SB	0.244	0.680
2024	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	33	0 HR, 0 SB	0.152	0.334
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	526	16 HR, 27 SB	0.234	0.705
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	307	7 HR, 9 SB	0.259	0.715
2021	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	344	12 HR, 4 SB	0.228	0.672
2019	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	52	0 HR, 2 SB	0.217	0.505
2019	A	Rome Braves	Bat	226	3 HR, 11 SB	0.318	0.862

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.160	0.316	0.349	0.232
2024	0.200	0.136	0.198	0.101
2023		0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.