The Braves ACQURED RIGHT-HANDED RELIEVER Hunter Strateton From the Pirates in Exchange for Minor Legue Outfielder Titus Dumitru And Cash, The Teams Annieded Tuesday. Pittsburgh Had Designated Statton For Assignment Last Week. Atlanta Transferred Chris Sale To the 60-Day Il to Open A 40-Man Roster Spot For Strateton, Who has been option to tribe-a gwinnett.
Strateton, 28, has an unsightly 23.63 earned run average in the majors this year. Howver, that has comes in a tiny Sample of 2 2/3 Inns. Over the 2023 and 2024 Seasons, He Had a Combined 3.26 Era in 49 2/3 Inns. HIS 21% Strikeou Rate and 41% Ground Ball Rate Were Both Around Average While HIS 4.9% Walk Rate Was Quite Strong.
Though his major lejue era is Through the Rooof this Year, his minor league work haas Largely Been in Line with his pre-2025 Results. In 24 2/3 Triple-a Inns This year, He has a 3.65 Era, 23.8% Strikeou Rate, 7.9% Walk Rate and 50% Ground Ball Rate. He Still has a full Slate of Options, Thought Is Burning Through The First of Those here in 2025.
For a Pitcher with Solid Results and Roster Flexibility, It was a bit Surprising that the Pirates Gave Up on HIM. But Unsurprisingly, there is been engrave interest that Atlanta has forfeited a prospect in order to skip the waiver link and add some bullan depth.
Dumitru, 22, was selected by Atlanta in the 16th-Round of Last Year’s Draft. He played at the single-a level last year and has been been at hight-a this year. Put to make up,
Sale was place on the 15-Day Il A Little Over A Week ago Due to a Rib Cage Fraceure. The Club Did’s Provide Many Details About His Expected Absence at that time, but it seeled Fair to be up to he was would be back anytime soon. Today’s Transfer Confirms that the Club Doesn’t Expect Him Back UNTIL MID-August at the Earliest.
For now, Atlanta is operating with a rotation consisting of Spencer Stider,, Spence Schwellenbach,, Grant Holmes,, Bryce Elder And Didier Fuentes. Adding to that Group Bend Be a Priority for the Club if they play on Being Deadline Buyers. Pressing of Baseball Operations Alex Anthopoulos is Hoping to Bolster They have some time to climb but doing so with Sale, Reynaldo lópez And AJ Smith-Shawver Will be a challenge. On the other hand, if they hang in there, it’s posible sale and lópez count be back later in the year.
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