Darius Vines
Darius Marque Vines (born April 30, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career 
Vines attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California. He was the Ventura County Star Player of the Year his senior year in 2016. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 32nd round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at Oxnard College. He was then drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 27th round of the 2017 MLB draft but again did not sign and transferred to Yavapai College. In 2019 Vines transferred to California State University, Bakersfield. After one year at Bakersfield, he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the seventh round of the 2019 MLB draft and signed. Professional career 
Vines spent his first professional season with the Gulf Coast Braves and Danville Braves. After not playing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the minor league season, he pitched for the Augusta GreenJackets and Rome Braves in 2021. Vines started 2022 with the Mississippi Braves. On November 15, 2022, the Braves added Vines to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Vines was optioned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers to begin the 2023 season. On August 28, 2023, Vines was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He faced the Colorado Rockies two days later, pitching six innings, yielding two earned runs, and recording the win in his debut. At the end of the 2023 regular season, Vines pitched for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. References

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1998 births
Living people
Atlanta Braves players
Augusta GreenJackets players
Baseball players from Oxnard, California
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners baseball players
Danville Braves players
Florida Complex League Braves players
Gulf Coast Braves players
Gwinnett Stripers players
Mississippi Braves players
Oxnard Condors baseball players
Rome Braves players
Walla Walla Sweets players
Yavapai Roughriders baseball players