Ezekiel Stephen Spruill

Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 11, 1989 in Chesapeake, Virginia, US
High School: Kell HS (Marietta, GA)

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2008 from Kell HS (Marietta, GA).

• 6/10 Seedlings to Stars: PCL Best And Worst Performances Of The week: The PCL is heating up just as the weather is this summer. The date today is June 10. And on this day let’s take a look around...

• 5/29 MetsMinors.net: Mets Minor League Start Pitchers, May 29th: Reno Aces @ Las Vegas 51s, 10:05pm EST Zeke Spruill (1-1, 5.06 ERA) vs. Carlos Torres (3-3, 5.55 ERA) Torres turned in his best...
• 5/17 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Dodgers at Braves, ATL Views: We teamed back up with Lasorda’s Lair for the weekend series against the LA Dodgers as now they asked us the questions…below...
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Giants, Dickey, Ethier, Price, Kennedy: As usual, I answered about forty questions in Tuesday's chat, and today we'll get to a few unanswered ones from that session. Who...
• 5/10 Venom Strikes: Diamondbacks: Time to Check in on the Farm: As the Diamondbacks find themselves on a roll at the Major League level, I thought I’d take a moment to bring an update on some...

• 4/27 Baseballhotcorner.com: Why Justin Upton will Win NL MVP: In the 2012/2013 MLB off-season, a lot of rumors were swirling around the Arizona Diamondbacks and their young 25 year old phenom Justin...

• 3/17 mlbreports.com : Martin Prado Will Prove To Be A Valuable Player For The Arizona Diamondbacks: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, March.17, 2013 By Chris Lacey (Baseball Writer) The Arizona Diamondbacks made several moves...
• 3/17 Baseball Musings: Spring Training: New York Yankees (split squad) at Atlanta Braves: Final Score: 4-0 Braves Champions Field is located just within the boundaries of Disney World, at the gigantic ESPN Wide World...
• 3/13 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Diamondbacks' Best Offseason Acquisition: No one can accuse Diamondbacks General Manager Kevin Towers of taking it easy this winter.  The D'Backs finished with a .500...
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Atlanta Braves: The Braves crafted a dynamic outfield by acquiring the Upton brothers, but were weakened at third base in the process. Major...

• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Heyward and the Uptons should be a big hit for Atlanta Braves: Nearly two months after signing B.J. Upton to the largest free agent contract in Atlanta Braves history, the organization...
• 2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Blockbuster: Braves and Diamondbacks Complete Upton Trade: The Arizona Diamondbacks finally found a trade to Justin Upton's liking, trading the 25-year-old, two-time All-Star to the...
• 2/4 mlbreports.com : Justin Upton Trade Opens A Window For The Braves And Ends An Era For The D’backs: Like us on Facebook here Monday, February.04,  2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Reports Trade Correspondent): What many Arizona...
• 2/3 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #13 Arizona Diamondbacks: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 2/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Reaction to Justin Upton, Chris Johnson and Martin Prado trade: Last week, the Atlanta Braves landed Justin Upton, a former number-one draft pick (2005), to play along side newly signed B.J....

• 1/30 SoDo Mojo: Why Justin Upton Just Wasn’t Worth It for the Seattle Mariners: Ultimately, Justin Upton had put the Seattle Mariners on his no-trade list, so his prospects of becoming a Mariner were really...
• 1/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Projecting the Braves Outfield: With Justin Upton  on board, Atlanta has assembled a dynamic outfield Nearly two months after signing B.J. Upton...
• 1/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Analysis of the Braves-Diamondbacks Trade, Part I: For the Braves: In exchange for outfielder Justin Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson, the Braves gave up infielder/outfielder Martin Prado,...
• 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/20/13 - 1/26/13: Here's the top news and stories that made headlines this past week at MLBTR... The Braves and Diamondbacks officially agreed...
• 1/26 Mastersball.com: Breaking Down the Upton Deal: The motivation for the Braves is the easy part. They now have three outfielders 28 years of age or younger, each with 25-plus...
• 1/26 Baseball Jerks: Braves Add to Impressive Outfield, Add Justin Upton: In one fell swoop, the Atlanta Braves put an end to years of trade rumors, reunited a pair of brothers, and assembled one of the......
• 1/25 Venom Strikes: Taking A Look At The New D’backs: I’ve done several posts about my opinion of Justin Upton and how he was treated by the Diamondbacks management and front...
• 1/25 StoopSports.com: Moving Upto(w)n: Harry Tomback- On the morning of January 24th, the Atlanta Braves swung a blockbuster trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks in order...
• 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Zeke Spruill compared to Derek Lowe: Arizona Diamondbacks P Zeke Spruill has been compared to free-agent SP Derek Lowe (Indians), possessing a sinking fastball, curve...[+] and improving changeup. He spent a full season with Double-A Mississippi with the Atlanta Braves in 2012.
• 1/25 Billy-Ball.com: Diamondbacks have remade themselves: When the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday traded Chris Johnson and Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves for Brandon Drury (minors),...
• 1/25 Baseball Analytics: Extreme Makeover: Arizona Diamondbacks Edition: When the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday traded Chris Johnson and Justin Upton to the Atlanta...
• 1/25 Rising Apple: Braves Acquire Justin Upton; Mets to try Turner and Lutz in the Outfield?: The blockbuster that’s been waiting to happen all winter has finally come to fruition; the Atlanta Braves win the Justin...
• 1/25 Venom Strikes: The Diamondbacks and the City Will Miss Justin Upton: Well D’backs fans, it finally happened. The ongoing saga that was Upton vs. the organization has closed the books on its final...
• 1/24 Behind the Plate: Behind the Trade: Upton Family ReunionJustin will be [...] ...
• 1/24 StanGraphs: Trade: Justin Upton Meets His Brother in Atlanta: Justin Upton has spent his entire career as the recipient of heavy attention. Most of the time, it’s been because he’s...
• 1/24 Tomahawk Take: Justin Upton to Atlanta–Martin Prado To AZ: Trading the Heartbeat of the Team Late last night it became obvious that the trade for Justin Upton would happen, the only question...
• 1/24 The Baseball Haven: Diamondbacks “Settle” on a Trade for Upton: The Arizona Diamondbacks just couldn’t help themselves. They just had to get rid of 25-year-old right fielder Justin Upton...
• 1/24 Call to the Pen: B.J. Upton and Justin Upton Have Big Plans For Atlanta: The Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves have made a baseball trade. And the Upton brothers are getting together! Justin Upton...
• 1/24 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Blockbuster: Braves and Diamondbacks Complete Upton Trade: The Arizona Diamondbacks finally found a trade to Justin Upton's liking, trading the 25-year-old, two-time All-Star to the...
• 1/24 MetsToday.com: Braves Acquire Justin Upton: What the heck? Is it the winter meetings again? The Diamondbacks have finally traded Justin Upton. He and Chris Johnson go to...
• 1/24 Splash Hit Blog: The Long Nightmare is Finally Over: Justin Upton Traded to Atlanta: Wednesday afternoon reports surfaced that GM Frank Wren of the Braves had sent an offer to the Arizona Diamondbacks for 25-year...
• 1/24 Tomahawk Take: **TRADE** Braves Acquire Justin Upton: The Atlanta Braves held off through the winter meetings and the winter months to decide on what to do with their left field position. ...
• 1/24 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Braves Acquire Justin Upton: In a six seven player trade, the Atlanta Braves have acquired OF Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Also coming...
• 1/24 Justin Jabs: Don’t let the door hit you, Nyjer: There is some big news floating around baseball today about certain outfielder in baseball. Justin Upton? Nah. While it is true...
• 1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Justin Upton Traded to Braves, The Rays’ Chances for Michael Bourn: Breaking news just now is that the Atlanta Braves have acquired outfielder Justin Upton from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here’s...
• 1/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Braves grab Justin Upton, Chris Johnson for Martin Prado, Delgado: MLBTR is saying the Braves landed OF Justin Upton and third basemen Chris Johnson for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, shortstop...
• 1/24 Baseball Musings: Cornering the Market on Upton: The Braves go all in on Uptons as they complete a deal with the Diamondbacks for Justin Upton: The full trade, via CBSSports.com’s...
• 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Acquire Martin Prado, Randall Delgado: The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a deal to acquire 3B Martin Prado, SP Randall Delgado, SS Nick Ahmed and P Zeke Spruill...[+] for OF Justin Upton and 3B Chris D. Johnson.
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Braves To Acquire Justin Upton: 9:12am: The Braves get Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson for third baseman Martin Prado, right-hander Randall Delgado,...

• 10/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Minor League Notes and Recap: Minor League Director Mitch Lukevics Wins Award: Mitch Lekuvics has been around the Rays’ system since well before the start of the franchise- he began working with the...
• 10/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Strikes Out 8 But Zulia Defense Crumbles Behind Him: Alex Torres thought he could contribute something to the Rays this season. He didn’t. The Rays thought they would be a good...

• 8/23 Tomahawk Take: Minor League Recap (8-23): Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE AAA – Gwinnett 5, Syracuse 4 (10 innings) It was a comeback victory tonight...
• 8/7 Tomahawk Take: Braves Minor League Review:   It has not been a pretty year for the Braves’ minor league system.  Three of the four full-season squads are well...
• 8/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards:Seventeen Inning Marathon Highlights Action:   The Princeton Rays and the **** Mariners played to a seventeen inning draw, highlighting a 5-1 night for the farm system....

• 2/17 Braves Journal: Other starting possibilities: Randall Delgado is not supposed to be in the starting rotation to start the year, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t...
• 2/1 Tomahawk Take: Top Ten Atlanta Braves Prospects- #8 Zeke Spruill: Zeke Spruill is the first pitcher we are hitting on the top ten list, coming in at number 8. Spruill is a guy most people haven’t...

• 11/29 MLB Dirt: 2012 Atlanta Braves Top 16 Prospects: The Atlanta Braves have a very good system that has a heavy mix of near MLB ready arms, solid picks from last year’s draft,...