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Braves Claim Rylan Bannon, Designate Travis Demeritte

By Anthony Franco | August 16, 2022 at 2:01pm CDT

The Braves announced they’ve claimed third baseman/second baseman Rylan Bannon off waivers from the Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett. Corner outfielder Travis Demeritte has been designated for assignment to open a spot on the 40-man roster.

Bannon has been shuffled around the league in recent weeks. He’s gone from the Orioles to the Dodgers and now to Atlanta via waivers since August 8. The 26-year-old only has four big league games under his belt, but he’s long been regarded as a solid prospect and has a decent track record in the minors. He’s spent the majority of this season with the Orioles top affiliate in Norfolk, hitting .229/.347/.407 across 326 plate appearances. The right-handed hitter has connected on 11 home runs and 14 doubles while drawing walks at a robust 13.8% clip, although he’s also striking out at an elevated 26.7% rate.

This is the second of three minor league option years for Bannon, who can therefore bounce between the big leagues and Triple-A for the next season and a half. Atlanta typically has an excellent infield of Matt Olson, Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson and Austin Riley, with top prospect Vaughn Grissom getting the recent playing time at second base while Albies mends a broken foot. There’s not much of a path to immediate playing time for Bannon, but he’ll serve as an upper level depth option in Gwinnett.

Demeritte, 27, has appeared at the MLB level in three of the past four seasons. A former Rangers first-round pick, he spent time in the Atlanta system before being dealt to the Tigers in 2019. He made his major league debut with Detroit and spent two seasons there before returning to the Braves as a waiver claim in 2021. Atlanta passed him through outright waivers and kept him in Triple-A last year, but they selected him onto the 40-man roster at the end of the season to keep him from qualifying for minor league free agency.

He held that 40-man spot throughout the winter and has appeared in 26 big league games this season, hitting .213/.260/.337. Demeritte spent the majority of the year in Gwinnett, struggling to a .207/.291/.357 line while striking out in 34.2% of his plate appearances. Swing-and-miss has been an issue throughout his big league time as well, as Demeritte has fanned in 34.6% of his 315 trips to the plate in the majors. He owns a .216/.277/.328 career line at the highest level.

The Braves will place Demeritte on outright or release waivers within the next few days. Having previously been outrighted in his career, he’d have the right to elect free agency if he goes unclaimed.

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  1. TradeAcuna

    3 years ago

    The Braves are busy. Probably looking to see what they have so they can make room for deGrom next season.

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    • NashvilleJeff

      3 years ago

      This move was solely about AAA infield depth due to the IL of Adrianza. When you have to call up Ryan Goins as your only backup infielder, that’s a problem. Too many internal options w/their strong mil pitching depth to believe that they’re considering outbidding the Mets for DeGrom. The Braves aren’t going to pay any pitcher 40 mill plus a season.

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      • yetipro

        3 years ago

        Agree. We will wish DeGrom the best & hopefully be able to root for him when he’s no longer in the NLE.

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        • NashvilleJeff

          3 years ago

          Yeah let the Yanks, Angels, Texas, or the “mystery team” over pay for a great pitcher that might not throw a hundred innings a year for them.

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    • dadofdonnydownvote

      3 years ago

      How is Bannon a better player than TD? Getting rid of Gosselin is looking bad now.

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      • SoCalBrave

        3 years ago

        Travis Demerite isn’t an infielder anymore.
        So it’s not about Bannon being a better player, but a better option should the need for an infielder arise.

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  2. RunDMC

    3 years ago

    AA had that triple-shot. Goin to werk!

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  3. miggywrld

    3 years ago

    Was happy to see Demeritte do so well when he first got called up in April, but unfortunately he fell off big time, even after being sent down to AAA. Wish him the best.

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    • Howiedoin

      3 years ago

      100% agree. Best of luck to Travis where ever he ends up. Seemed like a stand up guy who delivered some big hits early in the season.

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  4. Benjamin101677

    3 years ago

    All about Atlanta getting infield depth. The Braves had no back up infielders last night.

    Won’t be surprised see Atlanta grab some more minor league depth

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  5. TheMan 3

    3 years ago

    The Bravrs can have Van Meter for infield help. Beware, he can neither hit or field, which he him perfect for the Bucd

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    • Schmoopkins

      3 years ago

      You ok dude?

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        3 years ago

        He seemed ok until that last sentence, and then he drifted off to
        TheMan 2, stroke maybe?

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  6. BraveLil'Toaster

    3 years ago

    Bummer about Demeritte. He was money for the short time the Braves had to lean on him.

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  7. Bunt Beats The Shift

    3 years ago

    I think the demerritte experiment ended when he said he was too tired to play a double header. Snit was not impressed. Done. Rightfully so.

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    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      3 years ago

      Hadn’t heard about this. A prospect killer, never say I’m too tired. It should always be “put me in coach”
      Remember Rudy?

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  8. sergefunction

    3 years ago

    Demeritte learned that it’s OK for a big leaguer to take the lazy way out….where. In Detroit perchance?

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  9. bravesfan

    3 years ago

    Not really sure I understand this move. He’s been bad his entire career, even in the minors. Curious how he even made the bigs to begin with …

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