4:41PM: Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters that Duvall will undergo surgery, and Toscano reports that the procedure will end Duvall’s season. The outfielder will finish 2022 with a .213/.276/.401 slash line and 12 homers over 315 PA, so between that inconsistent production and his wrist injury, Duvall could be facing a pretty modest market as a free agent this winter.
Marcell Ozuna, Guillermo Heredia, and Orlando Arcia could each be utilized as the right-handed hitting side of the platoon with Rosario, or the Braves could very possibly look to add a new outfielder to the mix prior to the trade deadline.
9:03AM: The Braves have placed outfielder Adam Duvall on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left wrist. Mike Ford has been recalled from Triple-A to fill Duvall’s roster spot, per Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter).
Duvall began the year as the Braves’ starting center fielder, but the arrival of Michael Harris II has pushed the veteran into a bench role. For the past few weeks, he’s been in a more-or-less straight platoon with Eddie Rosario in left field. Offensively, he hasn’t yet accessed the prodigious power output that makes him an effective role player. He does have 12 home runs across 315 plate appearances, but that only amounts to a .401 SLG and .188 ISO, numbers that come closer to average than Duvall’s career norms.
Ford, 30, will fill a short-term bench role as a left-handed bat for the Braves. He has already appeared in the Majors this season with the Giants and Mariners, as well as the Braves. And yet, he has accumulated just nine plate appearances between those three stops.
The Mike Ford experiment should be over by now.
Not really a better option to call up right now, at least temporarily. He’s perfectly fine for a bench role for the short term. No need to start the clock on a prospects
Demerritte is a more valuable player, IMO. He can pinch run.
I think demeritte is injured
I mean, idk if he’s injured, but we are splitting hairs arguing that either is significantly better than the other. And they are truly the only two we can call up at the moment. Not 100% if TD has options? Can’t remember if he was optioned or DFA and we were able to keep him. Ford 100% has this year as an option year and the talent gap isn’t enough for me to care. Maybe TD has the better upside and if so, I want him playing everyday in Gwinnett instead of the bench in atlanta … idk
At least you’re open minded.
I can see AA going after a wild card like Franmil Reyes, 6’5 & 265 lbs. Bad year in Cleveland in 2022, but a beast at the plate…
The mike Ford horror experiment
LOL Braves
Says the loser watching his beloved Mutts circle the drain as their 10 1/2 game lead has all but disappeared. Laugh on troll, laugh on.
Oh Jeff, don’t take everything so personally. Maybe go outside and take a breath of fresh air. It’s a beautiful day!
Been outside most of the day. Couldn’t watch Anderson and the Braves choking another day game away, lol.
Yea Anderson has been struggling. I see the Braves going after Castillo…
I don’t think they’ve got enough to get him. Too many pitching needy contenders w/a lot more in their farms. I’d rather see them call Muller up than go after Quintana or some other broken armed near has been though.
They could trade for Syndergaard to stick it to the Mets
I don’t think the Braves do anything at the deadline. If they do something, it needs to be for a reliever. Will Smith is terrible and can’t be trusted any more. I know they have Yates as a wild card coming back but I don’t think they should count on that being the missing piece to the bullpen.
Also a starter isn’t really necessary. Fried, Morton, Wright, and Strider still gives you 4 starters for the playoffs. Anderson isn’t really needed so even if he never gets it going the Braves are by no means dead in the water 1-4 in October. You also have Soroka coming back too and while he won’t be a true starter the hope is he could maybe eat up 2 or 3 innings at a time in October. So there’s a lot of options there. No need for a starter.
Outfield you could argue they go get someone but they probably won’t. Maybe they throw out a flyer sort of how they did last year (but on a smaller scale than bringing in 4 outfielders).
Personally I’d be really happy if they went and grabbed David Robertson and did nothing else. I don’t expect they will though, and I’d be ok with them doing nothing too. They look good enough to win it all again with what they have in my opinion.
Think the Braves see Yates as being a more likely option than Soroka this season. Soroka’s rehab stopped because of the liner to his knee while Yates has moved up to AA Miss and is continuing his rehab. While I tend to agree that they shouldn’t deal for a starter, I still think they should call up Muller as a hedge against Anderson’s ineffectiveness. A Muller/Anderson/Strider piggyback arrangement might aid Anderson’s awfulness after 2TTO and the possibility of Strider’s innings being curtailed. Lot of season left before the playoffs. Any injury to the starting staff would really hurt them. The Mets arguably have better starting pitching than the Braves—especially w/Scherzer back and a possible DeGrom return. Yes, btw—dfa Will Smith. Please.
NashvilleJeff, real quick, who is in first right now? Who has the better run differential? Who has the better record against teams with a winning record? Who has the better head-to-head matchup?
Answer to all of those is the Mets.
@rct Real Quick. Who is the defending World Series Champions??? Where were the Braves and Mets at the same point last year???? They don’t give awards out at the All Star Break.
I agree Jeff send Ian down to AAA and let’s see what Kyle Muller can do.
If you look at the 2 teams rosters. Who is better? The objective answer is the Braves.
You mean Syndergaard-the easiest pitcher to steal on in the Majors-Syndergaard? That’s a no from me.
Strider has an innings limit.
Yup. And Morton has an expiration date. He’s starting to smell…
Braves need to actively pursue Benintendi.
…and hope they don’t meet the Blue Jays in the World Series.
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No defensive right-handed bench guys that are on the braves means Benintendi will be Ill-fitted being platooned (LF) out of position. I understand that those few games are not about to tank a potential trade’s value, but since Harris is actually a young guy I don’t want to consider it an everyday possibility that Harris sits especially for that 4th outfielder guy or so Benintendi can get AB’s.
Beni wouldn’t be a cf option w/the Braves, What’s your objection to him playing lf? He’s been a lf’er for the better part of his career. Definitely not “out of position” if he’s a lf’er, and he wouldn’t take any playing time from Harris.
There isn’t one, and Harris is a sure`fire starting CF”:er for the foreseeable future. I do believe that the Braves have managerial tendency of shoving high OBP under the bus. Just ask G.Blanco..
I also think Beni is a 1st-team corner bat with enough on the defensive spectrum that free-agency can pay out the sum of 5/75 $ to.
DFA him and Ford.
I think the Braves nab Quintana add someone who can play outfield (Ian Happ) and over take the Mets.
The Mets are delaying the inevitable.
Based on their recent moves they certainly are.
Happ has also conveniently played 2B, where we’re trotting out Cano. I’d pick him up for 2B and slot him in COF when Albies returns, which may push Rosario to a bench role.
Happ won’t be cheap. He’s having a career year, the Cubs don’t have a ton of valuable pieces and he’s one of their few dependable players right now. The Braves would be buying high on an extremely inconsistent, yet versatile player.
The best of Happ has yet to come… although I wouldn’t consider him an option at second base. Just because he can play second, doesn’t mean he should… then again, if he is a better option at second until Oz comes back then so be it.
I kind of feel that is teams want to nibble at the deadline like the Mets have so far, the Braves may be the team that pushes their chips in and attempts to go back to back.
The Braves don’t have a lot of chips. Their farm is bereft of high-end prospects.
You don’t need high end prospects to better your team. Non elite rentals are available for non top 150 200 prospects. Braves have all the prospect capital they need.
They just had two picks in the first round and although they cannot be traded this year… the infamous “player to be named later” is in play
Pushing chips in implies going after big names. They don’t have the capital to get any of the biggest names. There are new rules about not naming new signees as PTBNL.
No, picks from this year cannot be ptbnl.
So Duvall is out, No big loss in my opinion. This team still needs a 5th starter and some pen help.
Huge loss! Duval is a clutch hitter that isn’t afraid of the big moment, and while this year he started slow because he played so much CF, he still could have rebounded. Sadly, we will never know.
Braves getting Quintana feels like it would be repeating the Milone trade a few years ago. He will fall of a cliff after the ink dries. And it’s not like he’s been looking great as of recently.
Q looked as good as ever yesterday.
Might be better off just calling up Muller. Manage him and Anderson as 2TTO starters only.
This isn’t the Neil Huntington era where the Bucs dump a pitcher’s salary to save money.
Quintana won’t come cheap
Duvall is hitting .232/.282/.562 against lefties (small sample) this year. That’s not totally horrendous. He should stay in a platoon when comes back.
With Duvall hurt, Ozuna being a disaster in the outfield, and Rosario a disaster in general, Drew Waters would be looking pretty good right about now.
The Braves will trade for someone better than Drew Waters in the next week and a half.
Lol no
The thing about waters is that he sucks
I wouldn’t say he sucks, he’s just not ready for the big leagues yet
Harris did not push Duvall to a bench role. Duvall was playing out of position in CF as a last resort. He’s always been a COF and emergency CF (last year’s playoff run). Rosario becoming healthy pushed Duvall to the bench, while Duvall’s hitting as a typical RH platoon – terrible vs. RHP (K-ratio: 36%), while decent against southpaws, which is unusual for his career.
The 8 June HRs and now IL stint has delayed the inevitable – a reduction in playing time.
Where’s the poster, that is always trying to pawn Duval off, on others.
It seems he is missing a prime moment here.
People still think Duvall is a good hitter. It is a lost cause…. like Ozuna starting still.
If Joey Gallo can still get a decent amount playing time with the team with the best record in MLB, Duvall can get time with the Braves.
Agreed @RyanD44, Duvall has been disappointing this year but there is still time left for him to make amends. As far as the ATL broadcasting booth, someone please turn off Brian Jordan’s mic, it’s irritating to have him tell us all how great he was. Enough already.
You can turn Jordan off anytime you want. There’s this thing called the “remote” and it has something called a “mute button”………………..Just kidding you. I’d actually like to see Peter Moylan and Nick Green as the 2 color/analyst guys on a regular basis. Not sure anybody can fix Chip, but those two have a chance. They both understand and advocate analytics, and constantly make good points
We stream 680TheFan and mute the tv. Occasionally the radio feed is ahead of the video, so we have to turn up the tv, but when we can sync the audio and video, we prefer the radio.
Don’t blame you bham. I usually just put up w/Chip when I’m home, but I’ve got free MLB w/T Mobile, so I listen to the radio feed quite a bit—especially when I’m on Percy Priest Lake night fishing.
Careful about complaining. They might bring francouer back as a replacement. Tired of him having alternating days of talking a 100 miles an hour and then the next day or two sound like he is underwater. The fact that the guy still cant tell the difference between a slider and curve even in a broadcast booth shows why his playing career ended so soon.
Drury would be a useful pickup.
Be careful trading for a guy having a career year in Cincinnati… one of the most hitter friendly venues in all of baseball. I’d stay clear.
I’d probably jump in on Benny honestly, I think Happ would be a great get but he is going to cost more.
OF/2B is more useful than just an OF.
Where have you gone Kelly Johnson?
We’re gonna watch Mets/Dodgers/Brewers pull off some big trades, and we’ll come behind and grab some mediocre players.
We’ve traded too many prospects in the past 2yrs to risk it.
Albies comes back healthy, we add a serviceable of, and desperately need a vet rotation guy to take pressure off Strider/Wright/Anderson.
This is a rare year that so many teams need CF help.
And now he’s having surgery. They don’t know yet if he’ll be back or if his season is done.
So much for trading him now. Honestly sucks he had to get hurt, but this is a golden opportunity for the Braves to trade for an outfielder now without the excuse of having enough depth or they will “figure it out” nonsense.
Trade Acuna for Ohtani. I kid, actually I’m not, but this will never happen nor needs to happen.
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I hate it for Adam. This increases the urgency and the opportunity to get another LF.
Where are the trade rumors on this site?!? Used to have all the information, now it’s just a transaction page telling who was designated or placed on the IR. It’s almost the trade deadline?? Did you lose someone that was in the know?
This website is an aggregator of information, not an investigator or reporter of information. Have you seen any noteworthy info elsewhere that hasn’t been reported here? I haven’t.
It’s just a real crappy trade market this year
Your not hearing any Ohtani/Soto rumors b/c they aren’t happening
The 6th playoff spot is also creating less sellers this year
Give me the link to your trade website.
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I think AA will move quickly. He has a penchant for it.
AA rocks. He will get the job done
AA will call joey bats first.
How about conforto on a 1/2 year contract?
under $2 million.
please NO Quintana, he busted the cubs when he failed to pitch.
Damn what a bummer
The 2019 MLB draft is quickly becoming the 2019 MLB High School All-Star draft. All of the 2019 draftees missed the entire 2020 minor league season due to the COVID cancellation but there are at least 4 players that I’m aware of who were drafted in 2019 out of high school and have made their MLB debuts already after just one full season (2021) in the minors:
1) Bobby Witt, Jr.- KC
2) Riley Greene – DET
3) CJ Abrams – SD
4) Michael Harris II – ATL
It’s rare to see one high school draftee make it to the majors after just one full season in the minors; to have at least 4 make it is unheard of! Abrams is not really a full time player in SD, he is being shuttled back and forth but Witt, Harris and now Greene are not only on the MLB roster, but they have cemented themselves as starters now! I wonder if this has ever happened before? These guys are future all-stars and someone like Witt could be an MVP candidate if he continues to develop. What a great draft class for high school prospects! I’m sure there’s more on the way too.
Also, the current top position player still in MiLB is a high schooler form the draft: OF Corbin Carroll (ARZ) and pitcher: SP Daniel Espino (CLE). Special shout-out to #5-ranked Gunnar Henderson (BAL).
Are we sure Vaughn Grissom can’t play left field? He’s currently hitting better than Harris was at the same level. Maybe they can give him 10-15 games in left and call him up.
They need to keep him down in the minors. He might wind up playing SS in Atlanta next year.
I “liked” your comment because I agree w/keeping him at AA Miss. I don’t think he’s going to be playing shortstop next year though. He doesn’t have enough arm to play SS or 3B imo. Wouldn’t surprise me if they start playing him at 2B and left field to prep him for a super utility role though.
I haven’t watched him play, so I’ll take your word for it.
Lot to like about his bat and excellent obp skills, but when you finally see him play, I think you’ll agree on his lack of arm strength as far as SS/3B. I’ve seen more than a few other folks commenting on it.
A lot of high school and college teams put their best athlete at SS, but that doesn’t always mean their long term home is there.
Very true.
Grissom has been in AA for like a week. He’s not ready
Grissom was just promoted to AA (on 7/12/22), so he def needs some time to get acclimated especially since he looks like the best internal option at SS if they don’t re-sign Swanson, headed for free agency. If we’ve learned anything from last season, you can find COF upgrades on the cheap — and incoming COF going to free agency will relish the opportunity to be this year’s Soler, Pederson, Rosario, who all made millions more from their few months of performance on the grand stage.
Next person who calls them the “Trashstros” or refers to the “cheating” (all teams “cheat”) in any way- there’s going to be a problem
I don’t follow the Asterisks. What problem are you referring to?
The Trashstros cheated their way to a WS title. Bring on the problem.
The Trashtros don’t deserve their WS rings.
Fire up the phones to Miami and bring
#solerpower back
Doubt it. He just went on the IL for Miami, and he’s got a 15 mill player option for next season. Like him a lot, but Braves should target another outfielder.—a healthy, cheaper one, lol.
To me, Anthony Santander is the name that sticks out. He’s a switch hitter with some pop. Not a star, but he’d probably come at a fairly affordable price.
Duvall’s injury definitely put the Braves into a trade market for an outfielder … with Heredia hitting .120 .. Rosario a big ?? back from eye surgery and Ozuna an adventure out there …,They could also use a utility player for infield depth . They will probably look at the pitching market but their farm system is very thin right now … AA will likely start by trying to get something for next to nothing !
Wishing him the same excellent luck he had last year in the trade market.
It’s a shame for him, partly because he was just starting to warm up, with a .864 OPS in June and a .976 in July.
Yep, looked like he was coming around w/the power bat anyway. Going to miss his defense there too.
Ditto.
That escalated quickly.
Perhaps another late-seaaon reunion with Joc or Soler?
I’d love to see Joc back in Atlanta, but I don’t know if SF will see themselves as out of the WC hunt.
But will he be getting laser eye surgery also?
Heal well!
Goodbye division, hello wildcard
Should be Robbie Grossman. Even in this terrible season he’s destroying lefties
FWIW, ATL is the best hitting team vs. LHP in MLB. That’ll be important vs. LAD (Urias, Kershaw, Tyler Anderson), they still need to get through RHP Scherzer, deGrom, Taijuan Walker, Carlos Carrasco, Bassitt.
Needs list is starting to get a little long again.
Perfect spot for KIKI Hernandez to land…. in Atlanta… perfect addition for the Braves.
Mets fans approve.
kiki could help but he is injury prone!