The Braves recently signed four players to minor league contracts, according to the transaction tracker at MLB.com. Three players — relievers Seth Elledge and Danny Young and outfielder Eli White — return to the organization after being cut loose within the past few days. Atlanta also added reliever Rowan Wick, who’d been released by the Cubs last week.
Wick, 30, appeared in the majors with Chicago every season between 2019-22. He combined for a 3.66 ERA across 137 2/3 innings, missing bats at a slightly above-average rate but issuing a few more walks than ideal. The Cubs ran him through outright waivers in Spring Training and had kept him in Triple-A for the first half.
The right-hander has had a tough season at the top minor league level. He’s been tagged for more than a run per inning through 30 1/3 frames. His 24.1% strikeout percentage was fine, but he’d walked upwards of 13% of batters faced and allowed nine home runs. The Braves will take a no-risk flier on a change of scenery. Wick is making $1.55MM this season; the Cubs are on the hook for that tab, as Atlanta will only owe him the prorated portion of the $720K minimum salary if he spends any time on the big league roster.
Elledge has bounced between three organizations on the year. The 27-year-old righty hasn’t gotten into an MLB game this year and still awaits his first opportunity since 2021. He’d elected free agency after being outrighted by Atlanta on Tuesday but quickly circled back on a new minor league pact (a fairly common course of action for players in that situation). He has a 4.66 ERA in 36 2/3 innings over three Triple-A affiliates on the season.
Young and White recently sustained season-ending injuries while playing for Gwinnett. Atlanta released both players to clear space on the 40-man roster as a result. They’re each back in the organization — perhaps on two-year minor league pacts — to rehab from those injuries without holding spots on the 40-man.
They’re like women who see a terrible guy and say, “I can fix him!” lol. Yikes.
Watching too much reality TV, Dong.
Any reality TV is actually “too much”.
But is he wrong?
Clearly jokes are lost on these people. Which is odd given the farce these comment sections tend to be.
And sometimes the new team is able to fix them.
Great depth moves. Eli white is still a big lottery ticket has had good numbers in the minors never turned it on in the majors. I would say the Braves general manager is the most activity of all on the waiver wire and minor league depth deals
The best teams year in year out, Atlanta, Rays, Dodgers, Astros never, ever underestimate the value of “depth”. I like the moves too, you can always improve your team around the margins.
Don’t forget the Brewers and Orioles too. They are quite active on the waiver wire.
They actually don’t win like the ones mentioned though….
Brewers and Orioles are both in first place… and Milwaukee is constantly juggling salaries every offseason.
Eli is out for the remainder of the year, as is Danny Young. Still though, both can be contributors with White being a 5th OF who can play LF & CF, while doubling as a speed threat off the bench, and his bat has shown some glimpses of being serviceable, so he could easily slide into the 9th spot of your lineup for a spot start here and there to give your starter a break.
Danny Young has shown that he could be a solid MR option/depth option for the bullpen, and he can also help eat up innings in low leverage situations until he proves himself capable of handling more.
Like the article says, I imagine that both White’s and Young’s deals are multi-year MiL deals, and if that’s the case then they’ll both already be solid AAA depth for next season when they’re healthy.
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DON’T WAIT TIL 15 SECONDS BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO TRY AND SUBMIT PAPERWORK! DO IT NOW! GET GOING!
HADER, CEASE, STROMAN, BELLINGER, JOC?, BEDNAR, ALTHOUGH RECENT SET BACK, ANYBODY, JUST GET SOMEBODY! OUR BULLPEN SUCKS! A BULLPEN GAME WOULD BE SUICIDE!!! JUST MY LITTLE WISH LIST ABOVE, NOW GO SHOPPING!
You should shop for some meds and a keyboard that isn’t stuck on caps lock. Relax.
Pretty class move in my opinion to still bring white and young back despite the injuries. Give them pay and a chance that no other team would give them the rest of the season.