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Braves Re-Sign Ray Kerr, Royber Salinas To Minor League Deals

By Nick Deeds | November 28, 2024 at 5:57pm CDT

The Braves have re-signed left-hander Ray Kerr and Royber Salinas to minor league deals, according to the transaction trackers on the pair’s profile pages at MLB.com. According to that same source, the Braves have brought left-hander Kolton Ingram into the organization on a minor league deal.

Kerr and Salinas were both non-tendered by the Braves prior to last week’s deadline, but the duo will now return to the organization as non-roster depth. Kerr began his big league career with the Padres and posted solid numbers for San Diego in 2023, with a 4.33 ERA and 4.18 FIP in 27 innings that saw him strike out an excellent 30.3% of opponents. That relatively small sample of success was enough to convince the Braves to trade for him last winter, and the club took on the final year of Matt Carpenter’s underwater contract with San Diego in order to facilitate the deal. Unfortunately, Kerr struggled to a 5.64 ERA in 10 early season appearances before undergoing Tommy John surgery back in June. Now that he’s back with Atlanta, he’ll be able to rehab with the organization as he eyes a possible second-half comeback in 2025.

As for Salinas, he only joined the Braves organization earlier this month after being claimed off waivers from the A’s. It’s not Salinas’s first stint in the organization, however, as he actually signed out of Venezuela with Atlanta as an international amateur. After spending the first years of his pro career with the Braves, Salinas was traded to the A’s as part of the Sean Murphy deal prior to the 2023 season. The right-hander’s two year sojourn to Oakland saw him struggle to establish himself in the upper minors. After struggling to a 5.48 ERA in his first taste of Double-A action last year, he saw improved results (including a 3.68 ERA) in a repeat of the level this year but was torched to the tune of seven runs in 6 1/3 Triple-A frames. Looking ahead to 2025, Salinas figures to serve as non-roster depth for the club’s bullpen, which currently stands to be without A.J. Minter after the lefty hit free agency earlier this month and Joe Jimenez after the right-hander underwent surgery that will cause him to miss at least the majority of the 2025 campaign.

That role of non-roster depth also figures to apply to Ingram, who spent the 2024 season shuffling between four different organizations at the Triple-A level. In 51 2/3 innings of work at the level across the affiliates of the Giants, Mets, Rangers, and Cardinals, Ingram posted a solid 3.66 ERA while striking out 23.7% of opponents. The southpaw received his only big league exposure in 2023 as a member of the Angels. While he had impressed with a 2.95 ERA at the Double- and Triple-A levels that year, he was shelled to the tune of an 8.44 ERA in 5 1/3 frames during his first cup of coffee in the majors. Now more than a year removed from that frustrating debut, Ingram figures to look for an opportunity to break back into the big leagues with Atlanta next season.

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19 Comments

  1. chippersmoltz

    11 months ago

    Concrete jungle wet dream tomato

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    Reply
    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      11 months ago

      Well, there’s that and then there’s that other thing.

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      Reply
    • 9/11ths

      11 months ago

      Thats New York

      1
      Reply
      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        11 months ago

        … where dreams are made of.

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        • 9/11ths

          11 months ago

          No,that’s the wet dream tomato.

          m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKiCO_xJ-UY

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  2. Smacky

    11 months ago

    Suck it Dodgers!

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    • belowme29

      11 months ago

      Smacky smack your pecker.

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      Reply
  3. bmontgomery

    11 months ago

    Thanks for working today, Nick

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    Reply
  4. 9/11ths

    11 months ago

    Commented when they let Kerr go that I hope they bring him back.

    Salinas is just gravy.

    Reply
  5. BaseballBrian

    11 months ago

    Royber? I hardly knew errr!

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    • SoCalBrave

      11 months ago

      I think the joke works better with Ray Kerr

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      • BaseballBrian

        11 months ago

        Both are probably felony offenses.

        Reply
  6. Jacksson13

    11 months ago

    Braves also signed Joe Kerr !!

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    • Smacky

      11 months ago

      Steve

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      • CarryABigStick

        11 months ago

        Steve is mad that the drunken candidate lost the election

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  7. energel

    11 months ago

    hoogliy doogly go buccos

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  8. k26dp 2

    11 months ago

    Salinas had shoulder surgery in July that may keep him out of the season.

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  9. bravesfan

    11 months ago

    When guys hit Tommy John while they are with an organization and they are arb eligible, it’s the right thing to do to bring them back on a minor league contract and rehab them if your not gonna tender them a contract… at least in my opinion. They blew out their arm for u… least u can do is rehab them while paying them very little to do so.

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  10. Hamilton Miller

    11 months ago

    I work with the Atlanta Braves AAA team. I saw Ray Kerr’s equipment being shipped back to him earlier this year. Glad to see him back!

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