Alexander, Hoffman traded to Kansas City Royals organization

PEARL, MS – The Atlanta Braves announced the following trade with the Kansas City Royals on Monday, July 11. The Braves acquired the No. 35 pick in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for current Mississippi Braves infielder CJ Alexander, and RHP Andrew Hoffmann plus former M-Brave OF Drew Waters.

Waters, 23, headlines the trade as the No. 1 overall prospect for the Atlanta Braves according to MLB Pipeline. The outfielder is hitting .246 with five home runs and 16 RBI in 49 games for Triple-A Gwinnett. He won Southern League Player of the Year in 2019, batting .319 in 108 games for the M-Braves. Waters was the No. 41 overall pick in the second round of the 2017 draft.

Alexander, 25, has spent the 2022 season with the M-Braves. The third baseman is batting .258 with a career-high 15 home runs and 43 RBI in 68 games. His 15 homers are tied for fourth in the Southern League. The Cape Coral, FL native, has appeared in 179 games for the M-Braves since 2019, ranking fourth in team history with 27 home runs. Atlanta drafted Alexander in the 20th round of the 2018 draft..

Hoffmann, 22, went 7-2 with a 2.36 ERA in 15 starts for High-A Rome this season. The right-hander was promoted to Mississippi on July 1. Atlanta selected Hoffman in the 12th round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft from the University of Illinois.

Kansas City added Waters to their 40-man roster and assigned him to Triple-A Omaha. Alexander and Hoffmann were assigned to Double-A Northwest Arkansas. The M-Braves currently has 25 players, three under the maximum of 28.

The M-Braves continued their homestand on Tuesday night, and start a six-game series at Trustmark Park against Rocket City.

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