Frederic Michael Tarnok…graduated from Riverview (Fla.) High School.
2023
Was limited to just 11 games at the Major and Minor League level…began the season on the injured with a strained shoulder, finished the year on the IL with a strained right calf and underwent surgery on his hip at the end of August. Went 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA and .838 opponents OPS in five games, including one start, with the A’s. Allowed a .204 opponents batting average but issued 11 walks in 14.2 innings for a .338 OnBase percentage … surrendered four home runs. His opponents batting average broke down to .182 (6-for-33) against right-handed hitters and .238 (5-for-21) against left-handers…all six of hits allowed to righties were for extra bases (two doubles, four home runs) … had a .963 OPS against righties, .638 against lefties. Opponents were 1-for-14 (.071) with runners in scoring position … three of his four home runs allowed were solo shots. Stranded his only inherited runner and first batters faced were 1-for-4 (.250) in his relief appearances. Combined to go 1-1 with a 1.66 ERA and .176 opponents batting average in six starts with the ACL A’s and Triple-A Las Vegas. Left-handed hitters were 5-for-31 (.161), right-handers 8-for-43 (.186). Allowed a .143 average with runners in scoring position. Tossed at least 2.0 innings in all 11 of his appearances in the majors and minors.
2022
Began the season at Double-A Mississippi, made his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett in July and his Major League debut with Atlanta in August....Was recalled by the Braves on Aug. 16 and made his debut against the New York Mets the next day (0.2 ip, 1 h, 1 so)…entered the game with one out in the top of the ninth and the Braves trailing 8-5 and allowed an RBI double to the first batter he faced, Daniel Vogelbachstruck out Tyler Naquin to end the inning for his first strikeout…was optioned back to Triple-A following the game....Combined for a 4-3 record, a 4.05 ERA and .695 opponents OPS in 25 games, including a ca.reer-high 23 starts, for Gwinnett and Mississippi....Struck out a career-high 124 batters in a career-high 106.2 innings, an average of 10.46 strikeouts per nine innings....Also had career highs in home runs (15) and walks (44) and matched his high in wild pitches (8)....Tied for eighth in the Braves farm system in games started, ranked ninth in strikeouts and 10th in innings pitched....Went 1-2 with a 5.77 ERA and .749 opponents OPS over his first nine starts, 2-0 with a 1.97 ERA and .570 OPS over his next 11 starts prior to his call-up and 1-1 with a 6.23 ERA and .899 OPS over his final five games, including three starts, following his return to the minors....Allowed a .228 opponents batting average overall, which broke down to .199 (44-for-221) with a .608 opponents OPS against right-handed hitters and .262 (48-for-183) with a .802 OPS against left-handers....Held the opposition to a .169 batting average with runners in scoring position…11 of the 15 home runs he allowed were solo shots....Opponents hit .155 with two strikes....Compiled a 2.80 ERA and .197 opponents batting average over the first three innings of a game, a 5.95 ERA and .271 opponents average from the fourth inning on....Had a 4.14 ERA in his 23 starts, a 2.70 ERA in two relief appearances....Was 3-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 12 starts on five days rest, 1-2 with a 5.10 ERA in his other 13 appearances....Tossed six innings or fewer in all 25 appearances, including five or fewer 21 times....Was rated as the Braves sixth-best prospect by MiLB.com following the season and the ninth best by Baseball America..DAY-BY-DAY: Began the season at Mississippi and had no decisions and a 4.43 ERA over his first five starts…tossed 4.2 innings or fewer in each outing…picked up his first win with 5.0 scoreless innings in a 9-2 victory at Chattanooga on May 13…then went 0-2 with a 9.88 ERA over his next three starts from May 19-June 1…tossed a season-high 6.0 innings May 19 against Biloxi, his first of four outings of 6.0 innings…also surrendered a career-high tying three home runs that day…allowed a season-high seven hits May 25 at Pensacola (also June 1 vs. Montgomery)…yielded one run or fewer six times over a seven-start stretch from June 7-13…was 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA and .178 opponents batting average over that span…tossed a season-low 0.2 innings in his June 12 start at Rocket City…struck out a career-high tying 12 batters in 5.0 innings June 30 at Biloxi (also fanned 12 on July 29, 2021 at Pensacola)…allowed just one hit in 6.0 scoreless innings July 7 against Pensacola and was promoted to Gwinnett the next day…was 2-2 with a 4.31 ERA and .228 opponents batting average in 15 starts at the time of his promotion…then went 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA and .228 opponents average in 10 games in his Triple-A debut …combined with both clubs to go 1-0 with a 1.99 ERA and .130 opponents batting average in four starts in July…then had no decisions and a 2.20 ERA in four games in the month of August…logged 5.0 scoreless innings Aug. 5 at Clearwater and tossed a season-high 99 pitches…was 1-0 with a 2.02 ERA and .188 opponents average in five starts with the Stripers when he was called up by Atlanta on Aug. 16…went 1-1 with a 6.23 ERA and .282 average in five games following his return…pitched in relief in his first outing back on Aug. 21 against Memphis (3.2 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 1 er, 6 so)…his other relief appearance came Sept. 14 against Durham…walked a career-high tying four batters in 2.2 innings Aug. 28 at Lehigh Valley…yielded a season-high seven runs in 3.0 innings in a 10-7 loss at Buffalo on Sept. 7 …was placed on the injured list Sept. 21 with a sprained left ankle and missed the remainder of the season.
2021
Pitched across two levels of the Braves organization, going a combined 6-4 with a 3.44 ERA (28 ER/73.1 IP)...Started the season in High-A Rome and made five starts and two appearances before joining Double-A Mississippi, making nine starts...Struck out 61 hitters over 45.0 IP and finished with a 2.60 ERA with the M-Braves....Made one start in Mississippi's Double-A Championship run...Struck out seven hitters over 4.1 innings pitched and allowed two runs and three hits...Enters 2022 as Atlanta's No. 9 prospect.
2020
Did not pitch in 2020...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as Atlanta's No. 11 prospect.
2019
Spent the year with High-A Florida and made three rehab appearances with the GCL Braves...Combined to go 3-8 with a 4.75 ERA (56 ER/106.0 IP) in 22 starts...Went on the injured list on 6/4 with a right rotator cuff strain, and was reinstated on 7/17...Ended the season ranked by MLB.com as the Braves' No. 15 prospect.
2018
In his first full professional season, pitched in 27 games, 11 starts, with Single-A Rome, going 5-5 with a 3.96 ERA (34 ER/77.1 IP)…Named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star after going 3-0 with a 1.42 ERA (5 ER/31.2 IP) in 15 games before the break.
2017
Made his professional debut with the GCL Braves, going 0-3 with a 2.57 ERA (4 ER/14.0 IP) over eight starts...Allowed opponents to bat just .208.
