How was he acquired?
Signed out of the Dominican Republic as part of the 2020-2021 international signing period, Tavarez received $1.5 million from the Braves to join the organization.
What were the 2025
expectations?
It feels as though Ambioris Tavarez has been a part of the organization for at least a decade — or at least that’s how it feels to the prospect team here at BatteryPower. During his time as a prospect, we have all been waiting for him to take that next step to becoming the prospect everyone hoped he would be when he was the prize of the Braves’ 2020-2021 international class.
Unfortunately, we’re still waiting on that development to happen.
Coming into 2025, it was widely agreed the season was a huge one for Tavarez, who would be 22 and had only played 50 games at the high-A level so far in his career. Any type of offensive progress was welcomed, but it was desperately needed for the former top international signee who has yet to post an OPS north of .689.
2025 results
Needless to say, 2025 did not pan out the way Tavarez or the organization had hoped.
Things got off to a relatively solid start for Tavarez, who returned to high-A to begin the season. In 77 at-bats in the month of April, the then 21-year-old posted an OPS of .705 with a batting average of .260. Those numbers aren’t typically great, but it was an encouraging sign that perhaps Tavarez might be turning things around at the plate.
There were a handful of individual performances Tavarez should be proud of — most notably a 4-5 outing with a double and a run scored on April 10 against Bowling Green. However, the offensive inconsistencies that have plagued his career showed back up again once the calendar flipped over to May.
Over the course of his 98 games with Rome, Tavarez posted an abysmal .596 OPS in addition to a batting average of .209. While he did get a promotion to double-A Columbus, Tavarez struggled mightily once again. In 15 games — 53 plate appearances — Tavarez struggled to a .502 OPS and a .178 average.
2026 outlook
To put it bluntly, 2026 might be Tavarez’ “make or break” season. While he will still only be 22-years-old for the duration of the campaign, there simply hasn’t been enough progress with the bat to garner any real kind of hope that things will turn around.
Tavarez will most-likely be sent back to Columbus to begin the season, which is where he will likely remain unless he gets bumped back to Rome if his offense drags once again. Getting to triple-A Gwinnett should be the goal for Tavarez — but he has a load of work to do in order to get there.
Then again, putting a $1.5 million investment isn’t anything to sneeze at, so Tavarez will probably be given the benefit of the doubt in hopes that he can somewhat tap into his potential. The clock is ticking, however, and he must get things going this season to remain any relevant part of Atlanta’s future.
