Drafted in the 10th round (309th overall) by the Atlanta Braves in 2023 (signed for $1,000).
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A Canadian native, Boucher spent two seasons with Indian Hills (Iowa) JC before transferring to Southern Illinois for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. A 6-foot-3, 190-pound outfielder Boucher is a career .328/.417/.580 hitter with Southern Illinois, and he doubled his home run output from eight in 2022 to 16 in 2023, while also stealing 29 bases in 33 tries (87.9%) across both seasons. He has solid contact ability and swing decisions and also showed all-fields power this spring, with a strong 93-mph average exit velocity in an admittedly small sample of logged batted ball events.
Career Transactions
Augusta GreenJackets released OF Pier-Olivier Boucher.
OF Pier-Olivier Boucher assigned to FCL Braves.
Atlanta Braves signed OF Pier-Olivier Boucher.
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