By pitching as well as Chris Sale did earlier this season, Hurston Waldrep is putting himself in the running to be part of the Atlanta Braves' rotation next season.

Hurston Waldrep went to bed on Aug. 2 expecting to start for Triple-A Gwinnett the next day. The Braves hurler will enter his next start as a strong candidate for the National League Pitcher of the Month Award.

📝 The scouting report: No Braves player has more than a few at-bats against Civale, but Ronald Acuña Jr. and Sean Murphy are both 1-for-2 with a homer in their careers. If you hadn’t noticed, Waldrep is a whole new pitcher in his latest stint with Atlanta. He’s coming off a two-hitting outing against the Guardians.

Hurston Waldrep pitched six scoreless innings in a combined two-hitter and Nacho Alvarez Jr. and Michael Harris II each drove in a run, giving the Atlanta Braves a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians.

This is the version of Hurston Waldrep the Braves envisioned when they drafted him in the first round of the 2023 MLB Draft. While his seven-inning cameo with the Braves last season didn’t go well, he has made that look like a distant memory this season.

Michael Cecchini deep dives into three fantasy baseball starting pitchers to decide if their surprisingly good form merits a roster spot or staying on the waiver wire for Week 21 (2025).

Amid a turbulent season, the most positive development of the Braves 2025 campaign has emerged in the form of Hurston Waldrep. The hope coming into the