This week we are catching up with former Waterloo Bucks catcher Matt Kramer.  The Atlanta Braves drafted the Minneapolis, MN native in the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft. 

In 2008 Kramer split his time between 3 teams at different levels, he started the year with the GCL Braves, then he was called to the Harlingen WhiteWings and he finished the year with the Rome Braves of the A league.  During 2008 Kramer had played in 63 total games and accumulated an average of .222, while hitting 1 homerun and having 8 RBIs.

In 2009 Kramer again split the year with two different clubs, the GCL Braves and the Rome Braves.  During the year Matt played in 33 games while improving his stats to hitting .267 with 6 home runs and 16 RBIs. This past year Matt played with just the Rome Braves, during the year he played in 12 games and had a .174 batting average.

Kramer played for Waterloo in 2006 where he appeared in 35 games, during his time with the Bucks Matt collected a .150 average and hit 3 doubles and had 4 RBIs, while collecting 11 walks.

Check waterloobucks.com every Wednesday for “Catching Up with the Bucks.