The Braves have acquired reliever Jimmy Herget from the Angels for cash considerations, both teams announced. Atlanta had an opening on the 40-man roster after waiving David Fletcher last week. They optioned Herget to Triple-A Gwinnett, so no further move was necessary.
Herget has been with the Halos since 2021. Los Angeles inked the sidewinding righty to a minor league deal that August and selected his contract two weeks later. Herget logged 14 appearances with a 4.30 ERA down the stretch and held his spot on the 40-man roster. The South Florida product followed up with a career year in 2022. He tossed a personal-high 69 innings with a 2.48 ERA, striking out 23.7% of opponents against a tidy 5.6% walk rate.
A spike in home runs the following season led the Halos to shuffle Herget between Anaheim and Triple-A Salt Lake. He allowed 4.66 earned runs per nine over 29 MLB innings and turned in a similar 4.68 mark over 32 2/3 frames in the Pacific Coast League. The Angels overhauled their bullpen last offseason, pushing Herget back to Salt Lake to open this season.
The 30-year-old has made 10 appearances with the Bees, tossing 11 1/3 innings. He has allowed seven runs (five earned) on 10 hits. Herget has only issued one walk, but opponents have connected on four homers in the early going. The Angels designated him for assignment over the weekend when they selected Zac Kristofak onto the MLB roster. (Kristofak was himself DFA yesterday when the Angels selected Willie Calhoun.)
Herget is in his final option year, meaning the Braves can keep him in Gwinnett for the rest of the season without putting him on waivers. He owns a 3.47 ERA in 142 2/3 major league innings between the Reds, Rangers and Angels.
Atlanta has a strong relief group without much in the way of roster flexibility. Of the eight relievers in the current MLB bullpen, only one (Dylan Lee) can be optioned. Herget joins Ray Kerr and Daysbel Hernández on optional assignment, while Ken Giles and Jackson Stephens are among the non-roster bullpen pieces in Gwinnett.
AA trading with himself and still finding value….. that’s next level impressive.
AA playing 3D chess with himself, which is either 6D or 9D chess (depending on whether you’re adding or multiplying).
I always liked this guy when he was with the Reds. While his numbers won’t blow you away, he has decent stuff and is probably being discriminated because of his unusual delivery – kind of like Chad Bradford in his early years.
Ay yo, we heard you like Braves trades! So we got you Braves trading with Braves!!
If I read this under the Braves or angels thread, it’s correct. Weird.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss
When will they move Acuna out of leadoff spot?
Why would they?
“TradeAcuna” now known as “MoveAcuna”.
Oh boy.
Hey a new game show let’s make a deal. We’re looking for contestants any major league general manager can attend
let’s make a deal
Our game show host welcome Perry Minasian.
Hot Stove heating up in May!
Filihok is Samuel!
BaseballisLife, outinleftfield, websoulsurfer and PLTuna are all Pads Fans!
I haven’t seen Filihok in awhile. Unless I am just happening to skip the threads he replies to. And I think it’s been a year since Samuel went missing in action. Maybe Filihok finally muted everyone and got bored.
Your name is Ryan.
Nope, you get two more chances.
The human glitch.
Funky delivery works at times. The ball flies 400+ feet other times.
Most often the later.
He looks so happy to be an Angel.
The picture was taken right after they told him he was traded to the Braves.
Minasian might be still working for the Braves. His ERA in the Angels’ AAA team shows he might be better at the bigs. Perry should go back to assistant clubhouse attendant.
Love that picture lol
The Braves didn’t give Scott Fletcher much of a chance. What happened?
Not enough room for him as Luis Guillorme is there as well.
Correction: DAVID Fletcher is a better all around player than Luis Guillorme. I see it’s more about trying to entice Fletcher to forfeit his contract.
@garryharris 100 percent correct, he will get back in the league once he’s a free agent. Angels were doing the same thing his contract is a overpay,but really not that bad. Look at Rendon for only playing 40 games. Is a 2 million overpay really a big deal