Major league players will wear customized jerseys with their nicknames on the back for this year's for MLB's Player's Weekend on Aug. 25-27.
Each Atlanta Braves player will customize their jersey for the three-game weekend series against the Colorado Rockies.
After Player’s Weekend, the game-worn jerseys will be auctioned on MLB.com with the proceeds benefiting the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation.
Here are a few of the Braves nicknames that will be seen during Player's Weekend:
- Freddie Freeman: "Freddie"
- Kurt Suzuki: "Zuk"
- Lane Adams: "LA Swiftness"
- Sam Freeman: "Freezy"
- Tyler Flowers: "Flow"
- Ender Inciarte: "Ender"
- Brandon Phillips: "Dat Dude"
- Julio Teheran: "JT"
- Nick Markakis: "TTT"
- Matt Adams: "Big City"
- Mike Foltynewicz: "Folty"
- Jim Johnson: "JJ"
- Sean Newcomb: "Newk"
