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Braves Outright Emilio Bonifacio

By Steve Adams | July 10, 2016 at 5:18pm CDT

TODAY: Bonifacio has been outrighted off the Braves’ 40-man roster and assigned to Triple-A, SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo tweets.  Bonifacio had the option of rejecting this assignment and becoming a free agent, but he will indeed head to Gwinnett.

THURSDAY: The Braves announced this afternoon that they’ve activated infielder Gordon Beckham from the disabled list and designated veteran utilityman Emilio Bonifacio for assignment in order to clear a spot on the roster.

Bonifacio, 31, was brought up to the Majors last month after opening the season in Triple-A. He appeared in 15 games with Atlanta in what was his second stint with the Braves (he also played for Atlanta back in 2012) and batted .129/.206/.129 in 36 trips to the plate this time around. The fleet-footed Bonifacio has enjoyed better results at Triple-A Gwinnett this season, hitting .271/.321/.319 in 252 trips to the plate. Assuming he’s outrighted, Bonifacio has the necessary service time to reject an assignment to a minor league club in favor of free agency, though it’s not uncommon for veterans in his spot to accept an outright assignment.

In parts of 10 big league seasons, Bonifacio is a career .257/.314/.334 that has averaged 34 stolen bases per 162 games played.

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  1. baseball10

    5 years ago

    For some reason the Braves signed him early last offseason like he was a hot commodity

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    • Braves 2015

      5 years ago

      Cause they were hoping for contact/ OBP

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  2. johnsilver

    5 years ago

    He had all that speed early on and was afraid to use it. Will never forget that partial season Trader Jack took over the helm of the Marlins and took Boni under his wing, taught him how to use his speed and gave him the confidence to be a REAL MLB player.. He’d yell so loud to GOOO from the dugout early on that Boni would jump and takeoff from 1b, everyone on the field, even the broadcasters and listening audience would here it.. Opponents.. It didn’t matter with his speed and he’d make it.

    Jack was getting way up there in age.. That was it for him in the dugout and next year? Boni was back to his old self.. The drive was gone.

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    • tsolid

      5 years ago

      Jack taught him, huh? Please explain ONE example of this

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  3. Strauss

    5 years ago

    White sox will pick him up. They like guys past their prime

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  4. zippytms

    5 years ago

    Bona fide… or Bonifacio? OLÉ!!

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  5. tbone0816

    5 years ago

    It wouldn’t hurt for the Cardinals to take a look at him.

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