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

Earlier this week, we got the much-anticipated Non-Roster Invitee list from the Braves 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 made an addition to it here on Friday afternoon. Mark Bowman of MLB.com is reporting that the Braves are going to be bringing in Kyle Farmer as an NRI for spring training.

Farmer spent the 2025 season with the Colorado Rockies, where he put up some underwhelming plate numbers with a .227/.280/.365 slash line to go 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 ain’t ideal! Farmer has never really been a real 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’d imagine that he’ll be used strictly as a defensive substitute but even then, he had a rough year last season in that department 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. With that being said, that’s likely the outlier because Farmer has had some good-to-great seasons with the glove. Again, 2021 comes to mind which is when he recorded 5 OAA (grading him out to the 92nd percentile) and he repeated that feat as recently as 2024, which is when he put up another 5 OAA as a member of the Twins.

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