The Braves announced Friday that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander John Brebbia from Triple-A Gwinnett. Atlanta also recalled righty Nathan Wiles from Gwinnett, while lefty Austin Cox and righty Wander Suero were optioned to Triple-A. The Braves already had a pair of 40-man vacancies, so they won’t need a corresponding 40-man move to accommodate Brebbia’s addition
The pair of promotions will provide manager Brian Snitker with some fresh arms after yesterday’s blowout loss to the division-rival Phillies, wherein Kyle Schwarber belted four home runs to lead Philadelphia to a 19-4 victory. Cox (68 pitches) and Suero (31 pitches) weren’t going to be available today anyhow after logging heavy workloads in yesterday’s game. (Suero also tossed 24 pitches Tuesday.)
Brebbia, 35, opened the 2025 season with the Tigers but struggled in 18 2/3 innings before being released. The veteran righty was tagged for 16 earned runs (7.71 ERA) on 22 hits and 11 walks with 20 strikeouts during his brief run with Detroit. He also plunked three batters and was charged with two wild pitches. Three of those 22 hits were home runs.
It’s a second straight disappointing year for the well-traveled reliever. Brebbia pitched pretty well for the first half of the 2024 season with the White Sox before melting down after the All-Star break and eventually being released. He went on to sign with Atlanta last year as well but finished out the ’24 season with an overall 5.86 ERA thanks to 18 runs in 18 1/3 second-half innings.
Though last year’s second half and the 2025 season haven’t been pretty, Brebbia had a nice track record up until that point. The right-hander was a generally reliable bullpen option with the Cardinals and Giants from 2017-23. He carried a career 3.53 ERA, 26% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate (336 2/3 innings) into last year’s All-Star break. Things have obviously gone south since that time, but it’s a solid track record on the whole. Brebbia has also been excellent with Atlanta’s Triple-A club this season, tossing 19 innings with a 1.89 earned run average, a 26.9% strikeout rate and a 3.8% walk rate.
Shuffling the decks
Good luck Braves fans. Brebbia wasn’t real good for the Tigers this year.
Welp there that is lol
To be fair, he started well but completely fell off a cliff at some point; it was like his 2024 performance development in a nutshell. But I am happy for him that he obviously rebounded. If I ran the Braves though, I would rather give the innings to a pitcher who will be there next year as well.
Gruß,
BSHH
Wiseman once said: you cannot let anyone down who isn’t expecting anything from you.
Great! He’ll fit right in!
Uga football in just 1 day fellas just hold tight lol
Hahaha…. 24 hrs and counting, good timing phew lol
Brebbia was very solid in STL before injury. It’s a pity but it happens all too often.
Stop calling up these scrubs and get the youngsters instead. Ritchie and Harris deserve promotions over these clowns.
Ritchie isn’t far away from his debut.
I seriously doubt that the Braves will rush Ritchie to the majors since he’s only been at AAA for a month or so. I expect that he and Harris will be at Spring Training with a chance to make the MLB roster for 2026.
Brebbia looked completely shot, like career over shot, when he was kicked out of Detroit. I’m convinced of this.
Good luck Mr. Brebbia !
May your seasonal red beard prosper in Atlanta.
The same old same old
His name is fun to say.
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