The Braves have designated righty reliever Josh Ravin for assignment, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Correspondingly, the club has elected to purchase the contract of fellow right-hander Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A Gwinnett.
The Braves acquired Ravin from the Dodgers last November in exchange for cash considerations after. Ravin pitched just three innings for the Braves across two appearances. In between those two appearances, he was outrighted off the club’s 40-man roster, purchased again from Triple-A, and spent time on the DL with an illness.
Last night’s game saw Ravin allow two earned runs in two innings of relief during the 12-inning marathon against the Mets; the club likely made the move in order to get a fresh arm in the bullpen. It’s worth noting, though, that Ravin’s fastball velocity (in a limited sample size) was down nearly two miles per hour from where it sat a year ago with the Dodgers. He’ll give way to Socolovich, who was also recently outrighted from the club’s 40-man roster.
Why Socolovich. He’s so bad. Anybody would be better (other than Rex Brothers of course).
Why socolovich… he’s worse
Agreed with the above. Would rather have kept Ravin
It’s bullpen roulette for the last guy on the staff. The hot hand stays with the club. Most of these guys are AAAAs anyway.
Maybe Ravin was a little rusty last night but I swear he was effectively wild. He looked like he was throwing and really didn’t have his command. The Braves really need one more guy to make for a decent bullpen. I mean other than all the walks which I think they will get under control at some point since all of them are not known for high walk totals.
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Maybe experiment with tha idea of letting Wisler come out of the bullpen and have him available in Long Relief situations. The way he pitched the other night in place of Sanchez shows that he may be coming along finally.