Kyle Farmer added to the Braves Non-Roster invite list for spring training

Earlier this week, we received the Braves’ long-awaited list of non-roster invitees for this season’s spring training camp. That list initially consisted of 24 names. Now there are 25 names on that list after the Braves added to it Friday afternoon. Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that the Braves will use Kyle Farmer as an NRI for spring training.

Farmer spent the 2025 season with the Colorado Rockies, where he put up some disappointing plate numbers with a .227/.280/.365 slash line, along with eight home runs, a .285 wOBA and 65 wRC+ over the course of 97 games played and 300 plate appearances. That ended up being good for an fWAR number of -1.0, which isn’t ideal! Farmer has never really been much of a threat with the bat, as even in his best season in 2021, he was good for just 91 wRC+ over 529 plate appearances with the Cincinnati Reds.

I imagine he will be used exclusively as a defensive substitute, but even then he had a difficult year in that area last season as well. He recorded -5 outs above average in 2025 (good for the 11th percentile in all of baseball, according to Statcast) and his arm strength didn’t fare much better either. That said, that’s probably the outlier, as Farmer has had some good to great seasons with the glove. Again, I’m thinking of 2021, when he posted 5 OAA (which put him in the 92nd percentile) and he didn’t repeat that feat until 2024, when he put up another 5 OAA as a member of the Twins.

So I guess the Braves are banking on a change of scenery (or simply getting away from the Rockies) should help him return to form. If he does end up on the roster, he should be a very solid option as a defensive replacement in some games. For now, he’s another player to keep an eye on as spring training starts in the very near future.