Joseph Thomas Terdoslavich (born September 9, 1988) is an American professional baseball left fielder and first baseman who is a free agent.
[1] He attended Sarasota High School in his hometown and was teammates with Eric Erickson and Mark Sobolewski.
In his senior season, Terdoslavich won a state title and hit .411 with five homers, leading his team with 32 RBI.
The Braves promoted Terdoslavich to the major leagues for the first time on July 4, 2013, to replace the injured Jordan Schafer.
[15] Terdoslavich recorded a hit in his second major league at-bat, a pinch-hit single off of Jonathan Papelbon.
[20] He started the 2015 season with Gwinnett, then was reinstated in June 2015 to replace Eric Young Jr., who was designated for assignment.
[21] He hit his first major league home run on June 9, 2015, off of San Diego Padres' relief pitcher, Joaquín Benoit in the Braves' 6-5 win.
[24] Terdslavich was optioned back to Gwinnett on July 7, 2015, in order to make room on the roster for Mike Foltynewicz, who was called up for the purpose of providing extra relief help in Atlanta's bullpen.
[26] On July 25, 2015, the Braves made a series of roster moves following the trade of Johnson and Juan Uribe to the New York Mets on the previous day.
Freeman was activated from the disabled list and infielders Daniel Castro and Adonis García were called up from Gwinnett.
[28] When Freeman returned from the disabled list on August 19, Terdoslavich was sent down to Gwinnett, where he spent the rest of the minor league 2015 season.
[30][31] The Orioles designated Terdoslavich for assignment on January 21, 2016, in order to make room on the roster for Chris Davis, who had re-signed with the team.
[33] Terdoslavich hit for a .140 batting average in his time with the Tides, and was demoted to the Double A Bowie Baysox in April 2016 after prospect Trey Mancini was promoted.
[34] While playing in the Eastern League, Terdoslavich improved significantly, battling .246 with 14 home runs and 62 RBI.
[35] On January 18, 2017, Terdoslavich signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates that included an invitation to spring training.
[39] He spent the remainder of the year with the Double-A Binghamton Mets, posting a .308/.368/.472 slash line in 74 games.
[41] In the season, he played in 125 games for the Barnstormers, logging a .294/.365/.478 slash line with 22 home runs and 75 RBI.
In March, the remainder of spring training and the regular season was shut down until further notice as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.