Nicknames chosen for Braves uniforms on Players Weekend

The “Players Weekend” returns to Major League Baseball on Aug. 23-25. Each player around MLB chose a nickname to wear on the back of his jersey in place of his last name.

The Braves will play the Mets in New York those dates.

According to MLB, this year, teams across the two leagues “will feature monochromatic black or white uniforms,” and the home teams will choose whether to wear black or white, leaving the road team to wear the opposite. The pitchers on teams wearing white uniforms will wear black caps to help home-plate umpires track the ball as it comes to the plate.

Here is the list of Braves players, as of Tuesday:

Ronald Acuna: "EL DE LA SABANA"
Ozzie Albies: "BOLLY (w/Praying hands emoji)"
Jerry Blevins: "JER-RY JER-RY JER-RY"
Johan Camargo: "S.N.T.O"
Charlie Culberson: "A.C.E.S."
Josh Donaldson: "BRINGER OF RAIN"
Adam Duvall: "DUVY"
Tyler Flowers: "MMBB"
Mike Foltynewicz: "HIGH FOLTAGE"
Freddie Freeman: "PHILLIP"
Shane Greene: "TEAM JAKE"
Ender Inciarte: "ASTOLFO"
Luke Jackson: "SKYWALKER"
Matt Joyce: "SWEET SWINGIN'"
Dallas Keuchel: "BIG D"
Nick Markakis: "TTT"
Chris Martin: "C MART"
Brian McCann: "UNO SEIS"
Mark Melancon: "MUH LAN SON"
Sean Newcomb: "NEWK"
Austin Riley: "OCHO"
Mike Soroka: "ROCK"
Dansby Swanson: "DANS"
Anthony Swarzak: "SWARZY"
Julio Teheran: "EL CABALLO DE OLAYA"
Josh Tomlin: "JT"

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