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Nobody considered Allan Winans to be a serious prospect at the beginning of the season. What made him deserve to be? Winans, a 27-year-old former Day Three pick in the MLB Draft, was joining the Braves for the second year after being selected by them in the Rule 5 Draft’s minor league phase before the previous campaign. However, he turned things around by having an outstanding Triple-A season and earning his major league debut.

Prior to the 2024 season, Winans was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the Rule 5 Draft’s minor league phase. Before that, Campbell, a 17th round selection in the 2018 MLB Draft, played his first four seasons in the major leagues for the New York Mets, the team that drafted him.

Winans was thought to be an upper minors arm with good innings-eating potential who might fill in as major league depth should the team suffer a serious injury outbreak. Winans’ fastballs were slow and below average, and his lack of swing-and-miss ability seemed to limit a team’s interest in pushing him above the high levels, despite the fact that it was evident that he had strong secondaries.

Because Winans had the above-mentioned profile going into his 27th season and had not made a single career start until joining the Braves ahead of the 2022 campaign, he was not included in our Preseason Top 25 prospect list. Given his age and lack of starting experience, he was the quintessential roster filler/Quad-A player. Or so we believed.

With a 2.85 ERA, 3.87 FIP, and 4.16 xFIP, Winans enjoyed a very pleasant stay in Triple-A. He appeared in 23 games, making 17 starts. However, all six of his relief appearances lasted four innings or longer, and some of his starts were essentially token ones in which a big leaguer in recovery started and he entered the game for the second or third inning.

He was given the opportunity to make his major league debut, and because to his performance, he not only held his own but also gained the privilege to start six games for the NL East winners. After pitching 32 1⁄3 innings in Atlanta, Winans’ stats reversed from what they had in Triple-A: he had a 119 ERA-, but his 95 FIP and 91 xFIP were far better.