Let’s address the elephant in the room before we talk Max Fried and Jake Irvin: No structural damage for Reynaldo Lopez’s shoulder. This is his 2nd scare and I’m wondering if the team will treat him with kid’s gloves for the rest of the regular season. Lopez began his career as a hybrid starter, moved to a full-time starter for 2 years, then moved to full-time bullpen for the next 5 seasons. Lopez has pitched 128.2 innings this year after throwing 189 innings over the course of the previous 3 years. Complications were sure to rise after not starting for a few years, but the Braves have seemingly dodged another bullet with the below transaction.
Transaction a Day AA
The Braves today recalled RHP Daysbel Hernández to Atlanta and placed RHP Reynaldo López on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Additionally, the club selected INF Cavan Biggio to the major league roster and optioned INF Luke Williams to Triple-A Gwinnett. To make room on the 40-man roster, Atlanta designated RHP Jimmy Herget for assignment.
First of Daysbel deserves to be here and my wish was that this transaction involved Luke Jackson being outrighted to Gwinnett. However, I’ll take what I can get and I hope Cavan Biggio can play a serviceable 2B until Ozzie Albies or Whit Merrifield get back. Biggio can also play 3B, and while I love what Gio Urshela brings to the table on the defensive side, the .572 OPS is depressing.
I wonder if Biggio will be an upgrade from Luke Williams or more of a lateral move. Oh well. Guess it can’t hurt.
I am excited about it. He had 17 walks in 65 plate appearances in milb this season. I will just take anybody who can work his way on base
Getting no hit in the sixth and Fried not being great? Now that’s more like it for this season, unfortunately.
I feel like Fried’s free agent stock has dropped some this year. Seems like he’s been good but not very good. I was at 7/$220-240M before the season. Maybe there’s a universe where the Braves can retain him.
You would think, but free agent pitching is always expensive. I would expect us to offer him what we offered Nola, but I do not expect us to get so lucky as Philly in retaining him, despite having a better core and a better city and a better fan base.
Feeling like this team doesn’t have enough steam to get into the postseason. Mets are playing really well right now as are the Wild Card teams in front of them
For the first time in 2024, FanGraphs playoff odds favors the Mets over the Braves for a postseason berth. I think this weekend series vs. LA will be clarifying. A split is a must — dropping 3/4 or getting swept is probably the end of the road.
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