Braves infielder Brett Wisely cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Gwinnett, according to the MLB.com transaction tracker. He’ll remain in the organization in a non-roster capacity, as he doesn’t have the previous career outright or three years of service time to elect free agency.
Wisely was designated for assignment as part of Atlanta’s Opening Day roster shuffle. He’s out of minor league options and needed to win a spot on the season-opening bench or go on waivers. Atlanta carried Kyle Farmer as their final bench piece to squeeze Wisely off the roster. The Braves had already designated him for assignment once over the offseason. They traded him to Tampa Bay, then reacquired him a month later for cash.
The 26-year-old Wisely has appeared at the big league level in each of the past three seasons. He spent the majority of that time with the Giants, who lost him on waivers to Atlanta in the waning days of the 2025 campaign. Wisely is a .214/.265/.319 hitter in a little under 500 trips to the plate at the MLB level. He has been a much more productive offensive player in the minors, batting .275/.372/.433 over 835 Triple-A plate appearances.
Wisely joins Nacho Alvarez Jr., Rowdy Tellez, Luke Williams and Aaron Schunk among depth infielders with Gwinnett. Alvarez is the only one of that group who occupies a 40-man spot. He’s their only healthy rostered position player below the MLB level, though the Braves have three or four players who could go on the 60-day injured list if they need to create 40-man space following any injuries.
That was WISE
Always a wise guy
It was a pleasure watching Langeliers this series, he’s the next Cal Raleigh but with a cannon for an arm. It’s ironic both could be Braves right now..Drake Baldwin not too shaby either lol
That strike’em out, throw’em out throw by Langeliers was just absolutely filthy in game 2 I believe it was. He absolutely ripped a perfect throw, after what looked like an insanely quick pop-time.
It is crazy to think out of all best young catchers in the game today, the Braves drafted & helped develop three of them. Right now, D.Baldwin, W.Contreras, & S.Langeliers potentially all rank inside the top 10 best catchers in major league baseball.
That is an extremely valuable gift for identifying and being able to develop prospects at one of the most difficult and important positions in baseball. Idk who exactly deserves the credit for finding, drafting, signing, and developing these guys, but I hope whoever that person is the Braves keep him around for as long as possible!
(I fully realize it likely isn’t just one person..lol)
My 9 year old saying shea langeliers is one of the favorite 5 things in my life right now
I think we still did good in the Matt Olson trade but Shea looks like the real deal.
Yes I’d rather have Olson and Baldwin vs. Shea and a black hole at 1st base…but man he looks good. He hit 31 bombs last year and even missed 6 weeks with an oblique strain. I had him fantasy and followed closely lol. 40 plus HRs is achievable.
Least they didn’t do it stupidly.
They did not choose… Wisely