Former Atlanta Braves fan favorite Charlie Culberson has announced his retirement from baseball, according to multiple sources. Drafted by San Francisco in the first round in 2007, he played for Augusta, shown here on May 11, 2009, in Greenville. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

It's starting to look like a ballpark at the construction site of the Fifth Third Park, future home of the High Class A MiLB Hub City Spartanburgers in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Redshirt sophomore Gabe Helder (37) of the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans delivers a pitch in a fall intrasquad Green-Black scrimmage on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Gage Griggs (15) is safe at second as Jake Armsey (3) lunges to attempt the putout in a fall intrasquad Green-Black scrimmage with the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at Harley Park in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

The Greenville Drive’s Vice President of Operations and Grounds Greg Burgess has been named South Atlantic League Head Groundskeeper of the Year for the seventh time. Here Burgess pulls the tarp during a sudden downpour at a game in 2018. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Right fielder Wylie Waters (1) of the USC Upstate Spartans Green Team celebrates his home run with Alex Ritzer, right, in Game 3 of the intrasquad Fall World Series on Friday, November 15, 2024, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Pitcher Cooper Ellingworth (31) of the USC Upstate Spartans Black Team delivers a pitch in Game 3 of the intrasquad Fall World Series on Friday, November 15, 2024, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Former Braves Minor League catcher Chad Comer has been named 2025 manager of the Hub City Spartanburgers. Comer has spent the past two seasons as manager of the Rangers’ Hickory Crawdads. The team will play in a new stadium in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Former Greenville Drive manager Iggy Suarez is interviewed by a TV crew at the annual Hot Stove Event on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Suarez will be defensive coach in Worcester. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Johnny Sweeney (17) of the USC Upstate Spartans is out as second baseman Alex Ritzer (5) throws to first in a preseason intrasquad scrimmage on Friday, January 24, 2025, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Pinch hitter Cooper McKenzie (38) of the Bowling Green Falcons shouts after hitting a three-run go-ahead home run in a game against the USC Upstate Spartans on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Center fielder TJ Takats (10) of the Bowling Green Falcons steals second base as second baseman Alex Ritzer (5) of the USC Upstate Spartans awaits the throw on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Shortstop Vance Sheahan (10) of the USC Upstate Spartans steals second base under the attempted tag of shortstop Gunner Antillon (41) of the Bowling Green Falcons on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Cleveland S. Harley Park in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Nelly Taylor (1) of the Greenville Drive watches as his three-run home run, the team's first of the season, sails over the right field fence in a game against the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Emilien Pitre (7) of the Bowling Green Hot Rods is out at second as second baseman Marvin Alcantara (20) of the Greenville Drive turns a double play in a South Atlantic League game on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Julian Brock (31) of the Hub City Spartanburgers is greeted in the dugout after scoring a run in the third inning of a South Atlantic League game against the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Hunter Haas (14) of the Bowling Green Hot Rods is out at second as second baseman Casey Cook (2) the Hub City Spartanburgers turns a double play in a South Atlantic League game on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Brooks Brannon (5) of the Greenville Drive slides headfirst into third base with a triple as Cristian Gomez (13) of the Asheville Tourists awaits the throw in a South Atlantic League game on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Second baseman Theo Hardy (5) of the Hub City Spartanburgers loses his balance and falls backward after tagging out Andy Lugo (36) the Greenville Drive in a South Atlantic League game on Friday, May 16, 2025, at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)

Shortstop Nazzan Zanetello (2) of the Greenville Drive lunges for a grounder in a game against the Hub City Spartanburgers on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images)