Franklin Bravo

Franklyn Bravo

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 201 lb.

• Born December 24, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional D.R.

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Biographical Information

Franklin Bravo has been a minor league pitcher and coach.

Bravo debuted in 1996 as a 17-year-old with the GCL Pirates. He went 5-3 with a 2.32 ERA and only 10 walks in 62 innings. He split 1997 between the GCL Pirates (0-1, 8.00, 16 H in 9 IP) and the Augusta Greenjackets (2.35 in 7 G). In 1998, the youngster split time between Augusta (1-2, 4.47, 30 BB in 46 1/3 IP) and the Erie Sea Wolves (2-4, 8.36, 57 H in 37 2/3 IP). With the 1999 Hickory Crawdads, the right-hander had a 7-1, 3.22 record. He wound up his playing career in 2000 with the Lynchburg Hillcats, going 2-9 with a 6.30 ERA.

In 2003 the Expos joined with the Arizona Diamondbacks to field a team in the Dominican Summer League (DSL). In 2009, Bravo was scheduled to be the pitching coach for the Lake Monsters, but got moved up to Hagerstown in June when the Nationals promoted Steve McCatty to major league pitching coach. McCatty's promotion had a ripple effect throughout the minor leagues as all the pitching coaches moved up one level. In 2020, Bravo was scheduled to return to Auburn before the COVID-19 caused the cancellation of the minor league season.

• 2003 Pitching coach DSL Diamondbacks/Expos
• 2004 Pitching coach Vermont Expos
• 2005-2008 Pitching coach GCL Nationals
• Start-6/3, 2009 Pitching coach Vermont Lake Monsters
• 6/4 - end, 2009 Pitching coach Hagerstown Suns
• 2010 Pitching coach Vermont Lake Monsters
• 2011 Pitching coach Auburn Doubledays
• 2012-2013 Pitching coach Hagerstown Suns
• 2014-2017 Pitching coach Potomac Nationals
• 2018-2019 Pitching Coach Auburn Doubledays
• 2021-2024 Pitching coach FCL Nationals

Bravo also has worked in the Dominican League as a winter league coach for a number of years. He started as a bullpen coach with the Gigantes del Cibao during the 2015/2016 season followed by three seasons as their pitching coach. In 2020/2021 Bravo moved to the Estrellas Orientales as a bullpen coach. Bravo moved again in 2021/2022 to work as an assistant pitching coach with the Águilas Cibaeñas. He started the 2023/2024 season as the Águilas pitching coach, but was named the interim pitching coach on November 5th after Darwin Marrero was fired.