Welcome to Waiver Wire Watch, where I review my favorite waiver wire adds and drops for each week of the MLB season. The premise is pretty straightforward. I’ll try to give you some recommended adds each week based on recent production or role changes.

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.

All of a sudden, the Braves are playing like everybody thought they would to begin the season, winners of four straight and seven of their last eight. Even more remarkable, they are doing it with all five members of their Opening Day rotation on the IL and Spencer Strider struggling severely.

ATLANTA — In an eventful seven days for the Atlanta Braves that began with a win at the speedway in Bristol, Tenn., and ended with a series-clinching doubleheader sweep of the previously surging Miami Marlins, a pair of rookies gave Braves fans something to be excited about from the team’s woeful season.

ATLANTA -- Hurston Waldrep may have pitched his way into the Braves’ starting rotation.

Waldrep has made the key changes to get himself Major League ready, and he's looking like he'll be sticking around

Former Florida Ace Hurston Waldrep Makes MLB History originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Florida Gators had Hurston Waldrep selected 14th overall by the Atlanta Braves in the 2024 MLB Draft.

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