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Didier Fuentes
Colombian baseball player (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Didier Nicolas Fuentes (born June 17, 2005) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
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Career
Fuentes signed with the Atlanta Braves as an international free agent in January 2022.[1] He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Braves. He pitched 2023 and 2024 with the Augusta GreenJackets.
Fuentes started 2025 with the Rome Emperors before being promoted to the Columbus Clingstones and Gwinnett Stripers.[2][3] On June 20, he was selected to Atlanta's 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[4] He made his MLB debut later that day against the Miami Marlins, yielding four earned runs on six hits in five innings and earning the loss.[5] Debuting at 20 years old, Fuentes became the third-youngest starting pitcher in Atlanta history and the youngest MLB starter to debut since Julio Urías in May 2016.[6]
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