INF David McCabe, 4th round (125th) – Atlanta Braves - Signed $476,500

Hometown: Oshawa, Ont.

Bats/Throws: S-R

Height/Weight: 6’4” 230 lbs.

Slot Value: $478,700

Scout: Billy Best.

School: University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Coach: Robert Woodard.

Previous Teams: Ontario Blue Jays, Team Ontario Astros, Whitby Chiefs.

Previous Coaches: Joe Ellison, Mike Steed, Jason Booth, Chris Jones.

Rankings _ 314th on Baseball America final 500 projection (July 12, 2002) ... 492nd on Perfect Game top 600 final rankings (July 14, 2022) … Listed 329th on Baseball America’s top 500 (June 29) ... 244th on Perfect Game’s list (Dec. 12, 2021).

Interest: Was invited to the MLB Draft Combine and has heard from a number of clubs.

Good genes: Mom Carla was a competitive swimmer growing up in Peru and father Robert played rep hockey and basketball.

The most influential people in my baseball life: “My parents. They have sacrificed so much for my brother and I so that we have every opportunity to succeed and they have unwaveringly supported me throughout my entire career. I wouldn’t be in this position without everything they have done for me.”

The most influential person in my baseball career, besides my parents: “Has been Steve Osterer. Training with Steve at the Baseball Development Group (BDG) put me in a place physically to compete at the Division 1 level. He also taught me so much about training and how to put my body in the best position to perform. Steve was a great mentor to me and his impact on my career can’t be overstated. I’m forever grateful for my time training under Steve at BDG.”

2022 season with Charlotte _ Led the Niners with a .386 batting average and was second on the team with 29 extra-base hits ... His 16 home runs were tied for second on the team while his 13 doubles were third ... Had 59 hits on the year and finished with a slugging percentage of .784 and an on-base percentage of .513 for an OPS of 1.297 - all team-bests ... Earned Hitter of the Week honours with 12 hits (.585 average), 18 RBIs, and six home runs in a five-game stretch with three of the home runs in the same game against Marshall, matching the program record for most home runs by an individual in a single game ... Started season going 4-for-10 against Louisville, UConn and South Florida with a homer and three RBIs ... Went 3-for-11 with an RBI against West Virginia ... Was 5-for-8 with a pair of homers against Oakland A’s scout Matt Higginson’s old school Gardner-Webb and Purdue ... Had a 4-for-8 series facing Western Illinois knocking in three runs with three doubles ... Had a 2-for-5 day against Longwood ... Missed two weeks then went 2-for-3 with three RBIs against Campbell and a solo homer the next day facing Old Dominion ... Next was 2-for-10 against Texas-San Antonio ... Doubled facing Southern Miss ... Doubled against Alabama-Birmingham ... Had two hits against UNC Asheville with a double, homer and two RBIs plus two hits and three RBIs against North Carolina A&T ... Singled facing North Carolina ... Went 4-for-12 against Rice ... Exploded against Florida Atlantic going 7-for-14 with two doubles, a homer and eight RBIs ... Went 7-for-15 with two homers and five RBIs ... Singled facing Middle Tennessee ... Had two hits and an RBI against Old Dominion.

2021 season with Charlotte _ Played 37 games -- 34 starts -- hitting his first career home run apart of a two-hit afternoon in an 18-3 win over Morehead State ... Belted two more homers while driving in four and swiping first career base in 7-1 series-opening win against William & Mary ... Set multiple new career highs hitting .462 on the week with three homers, six RBIs and seven runs scored to earn the Hitter of the Week honors ... Tagged middle homer of a back-to-back-to-back sequence during a 9-0 shutout over No. 14th ranked Tennessee ... Hit .400 in series win over Rhode Island with a pair of two-hit games ... Homered from both sides of the plate at No. 14th ranked East Carolina with a two-run, fourth-inning blast from the right side and a 430-foot solo bomb from the left in the sixth ... Hit .400 in series victory over No. 20th ranked Old Dominion in late April before ending the regular season hitting .700 going 7-for-10 with a pair of homers, double and six RBIs against UNC-Wilmington ... Hit .338 with a team-high 14 homers ... Slugged two home runs in four different games during the year scoring three runs on four different occasions and drove in four twice.

2020 season with Charlotte _ Hit .238 in 17 games with 15 hits, five doubles, nine RBIs ending the year with a 16-game on base streak ... Started all 17 games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Collected his first RBI in the season-opener against VCU before adding hits in each of the final two games of opening weekend against the Rams ... Posted back-to-back two-hit outings in a doubleheader against UM-Baltimore County hitting .313 against the Retrievers helping the Niners collect a four-game sweep ... Best day at the plate came vs. East Carolina going 3-for-4 with a RBI.

Honours

2022 season with Charlotte _ Selected to NCBWA All-America Third Team ... Named to First Team All-Conference USA selection ... Chosen to Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region pick ... Was the first hitter in Charlotte history to be recognized as an NCBWA Hitter of the Week when he shared the award back in May hitting .545 with 12 hits, 18 RBIs, and six home runs in a five-game stretch ... Is the 11th All-American in program history ... 2021 with Charlotte _ Conference USA’s All-Academic Team, C-USA Hitter of the Week ... 2020 season with Charlotte: Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.

Scouting Report

“Obviously he can hit. Strictly a first baseman as a pro, not agile enough for third base. Had some nagging injuries early. Probably in the 10th-to-20th round range, depends on the signability.”