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Braves Designate Carlos Perez

By Jeff Todd | April 27, 2018 at 2:47pm CDT

The Braves have designated catcher Carlos Perez for assignment, per a club announcement. That move came as part of a series of decisions.

Fellow receiver Tyler Flowers will make his return from the DL, which left the team without a need for Perez. The Atlanta organization also elected to bring up righty Chase Whitley while optioning Matt Wisler back to Triple-A.

Perez had a chance to make a case to be retained by the Braves after being acquired from the Angels at the outset of the season. But he managed just three singles and a walk in his 22 plate appearances for the Braves. Though he has hit the ball well at times in the minors, Perez is just a .221/.264/.325 hitter over 617 total trips to the dish at the game’s highest level.

On the pitching side, the Braves will fill out their pen by calling upon Whitley, who was acquired from the Rays over the winter. He has thrown 12 1/3 innings of 3.65 ERA ball thus far at Triple-A, with ten strikeouts against three walks. A veteran of four MLB campaigns, two apiece with the Yankees and Rays, Whitley will be joining the Braves’ MLB roster for the first time.

As for Wisler, he raised hopes with a strong season debut in which he racked up eight strikeouts without issuing a walk in seven two-hit innings. But he coughed up three free passes, nine hits, and four earned runs without recording a single K in his next outing. For now, then, the former top prospect will head back to Gwinnett and wait for another opportunity.

After 310 total frames of 5.20 ERA ball in the majors, Wisler remains in a somewhat precarious roster position. That said the Braves have cleared several 40-man spots in recent weeks, so the pressure shouldn’t be felt immediately, particularly given the team’s ongoing need for rotation depth and the fact that Wisler’s first two outings at Triple-A were quite good.

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  1. atlho

    5 years ago

    No more hole in the lineup when Kurt gets a day off

    Reply
  2. AllOurGodsHaveAbandonedUs

    5 years ago

    When Perez missed the tag at home against the Reds the other day, and then was replaced by Suz mid game, you knew it was the end of the line for Perez.

    Reply
    • SoCalBrave

      5 years ago

      Perez was always a band-aid, not a serious piece

      Reply
  3. SoCalBrave

    5 years ago

    I don’t want to give up on Wisler, at this point I’m not sure he’ll ever figure it out, but he has shown flashes of Medlen-like dominance

    Reply
  4. purplesteve6

    5 years ago

    I didn’t understand this move to begin with. Perez was out of options. They had to pay him $1 million just for adding him to the 25-man roster. They had Chris Stewart who was hitting, and was certainly serviceable as a backup.

    Seems like a waste for 1 month.

    Reply
    • R.D.

      5 years ago

      Not to menrion rob brantley. The braves seemed to panic for depth last month. At least flaherty paid off

      Reply
    • Phillies2017

      5 years ago

      They didnt pay him $1m. Hes pre arb eligible and therefore made the pro rated version of an amount similar to the minimum.

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