The Braves have designated reliever David Carpenter for assignment, tweets David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Carpenter, 27, was recalled in early July and made four appearances for the Braves. The soft-tossing righty posted a 7.36 ERA in three and two-thirds innings with 12.27 K/9, no walks, and two home runs allowed. In 37 innings at Triple-A, he managed a 0.73 ERA with 8.76 K/9 and 3.65 BB/9. Over a 46 inning major league career, Carpenter has a 5.40 ERA with 6.56 K/9 and 3.66 BB/9.
Those who don’t closely follow the Braves can be excused for some confusion as to which David Carpenter has been designated. Over the offseason, Atlanta traded a harder throwing Carpenter to the Yankees who have since dealt him to the Nationals. That Carpenter was placed on the disabled list today, tweets Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York. The Carpenter designated today was signed to a minor league deal in January. He originally debuted with the Angels.
When will Atlanta designate Fredi Gonzalez for assignment?
Apparently not until the new stadium opens, his entire staff got contract extensions today
Yeah, I threw up a little when I read it.
I read the John Hart interview yesterday when this site recommended it and really thought the way Hart avoided the question on Fredi’s future was a good sign. Hart put a lot of the blame on himself and the roster turnover but I really thought they finally realized that Fredi should go. Damn the luck
“soft-tossing” righty. not really, he threw pretty hard.
edit: in my defense, the carpenter linked is the wrong one
Maybe they can get another Banuelos type pitcher for this Carpenter?