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Joseph ("Joey") Devine (born September 19, 1983 in Junction City, Kansas) is a Major League Baseball sidearm pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.

In an unusual move for the organisation under John Scherholz, the team, which usually drafts high school players which they hope to develop potential (and has developed many players), knowing the troubling status of their pitching (there was no true closer in the organisation), the team drafted him out of North Carolina State University, where he set the Wolfpack record for most saves, in the first round of the 2005 amateur draft, in an effort to fast-track him to the major leagues, which took him two months in advanced-A Myrtle Beach and AA Mississippi. Although considered a talented prospect and a possible star for years to come, the major league hitters roughed up on Devine early in his young career. The fire-balling righty gave up a grand slam in each of his first two appearances and gave up a walk-off home run in the National League Division Series to Houston Astros rookie Chris Burke that ended the Braves' season in the marathon game. Braves' manager Bobby Cox showed a lot of faith in Devine in the 2005 season, including him on the postseason roster despite playing only five games of the regular season. Devine is widely considered to be a possible closer for the Braves in the 2006 season.

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