Although he’s not quite rated among baseball’s top 25 prospects entering 2020 spring training, nor even the highest-rated 21-year-old outfield prospect in the Braves organization, Drew Waters has an air about him that says otherwise. He walks, talks and plays with a demeanor that says, “I’m a badass, and you’re about to recognize that.”



And if you think Waters, who less than three years ago played for Etowah High School in Woodstock, Ga., is going to dispute that characterization or demur from it, then you probably don’t know him.



“I think confidence and swagger — I’m all for it,” Waters said during the Braves’ recent Chop Fest event, where he was asked about his reputation for playing with a great deal of confidence or, as some would refer to it when displayed at such degrees, swagger.



“We play one of the hardest games in the world,” he said, by way of explaining why he sees...