The Braves have released right-hander Nathan Wiles, according to Lindsay Crosby of the Braves Today podcast. The righty will become a free agent once he clears release waivers, if he hasn’t already.
Wiles, 27, came to Atlanta’s organization in a trade from the Rays back in March. He was added to Atlanta’s 40-man roster on April 22nd and tossed one inning that day, allowing three earned runs in his major league debut. He was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett the next day. He was recalled a few times over the remainder of the season but was always optioned back down without making an appearance, so he still has just the one big league game on his track record.
Throughout his time in the minors, he has generally produced cromulent results without a ton of strikeouts but also without many free passes. Over 438 minor league innings in his career, he has allowed 4.48 earned runs per nine with a 21% strikeout rate and 5.6% walk rate. That includes 112 2/3 innings in 2025 over 19 starts and six relief appearances with a 3.04 ERA, 22.2% strikeout rate and 7.2% walk rate.
This release frees up a roster spot for Atlanta. RosterResource pegs the club for a 40-man count of 37, once all free agents officially hit the open market and guys are reinstated from the injured list. They have club options on Chris Sale, Tyler Kinley, Ozzie Albies and Pierce Johnson, so they’ll need to open one more spot if they plan to pick up all those options. They will presumably want to add some players before the Rule 5 protection deadline, in addition to signing free agents or making trade acquisitions, so more moves may be over the horizon. Wiles, meanwhile, will look for his next opportunity.
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Fan of your work Lindsay. Keep it up.
The author thought he was “Wile-y” by using the word cromulent.
He’s a perfectly cromulent pitcher, but they want a consummate one.
ATL already Wile-n’ out 2 days into the offseason
Cromulent, a smash-up of crummy and opulent to mean mediocre?
Is “earned runs per nine innings” something different than ERA? Looks like just a way to pad the word count, and I see it used here often.
“Cromulent” someone has embiggened their vocabulary
Nathan Wiles, Bryan Van Belle, Michael Plassmeyer, Alan Rangel, Bruce Zimmerman, Erick Leal, Johnathan Diaz, Logan Workman look like prime NPB/KBO candidates for starting pitchers. Going to be seeing a lot of changes between NPB, KBO and even CPBL once Jo Hsi Hsu gets posted by the Wei Chuan Dragons.