The Braves despatched right-hander Davis Daniel outright to Triple-A Gwinnett, in accordance with the MLB.com transaction log. The tracker additionally signifies that Carlos Carrasco elected free company after being designated for project on Thursday. Daniel had not beforehand been DFA, so his removing from the 40-man roster drops their depend to 37.
Atlanta acquired Daniel in a minor offseason commerce. The Auburn product had been designated for project by the Angels, who flipped him to the Braves for minor league pitcher Mitch Farris. Daniel has spent a lot of the season on elective project to Triple-A. He has made three massive league appearances (two begins) and allowed six runs on 9 hits and 7 walks over 10 innings. The minor league outcomes haven’t been an entire lot higher. Daniel has pitched to a 5.32 earned run common with a subpar 18.8% strikeout charge by 88 frames with Gwinnett.
Over elements of three massive league campaigns, Daniel carries 5.13 ERA throughout 52 2/3 innings. That is his fifth season in Triple-A. He owns a 5.40 mark in 67 appearances on the high minor league stage. That is Daniel’s first profession outright, so he doesn’t have the flexibility to say no the project. He’ll stay with the Stripers for the rest of the season.
The Braves acquired Carrasco to patch collectively a pair begins. He took the ball thrice however was tagged for 15 runs whereas averaging fewer than 5 innings per look. The 38-year-old righty has an ERA above 7.00 between the Yankees and Braves. He’ll be restricted to minor league affords if he intends to proceed pitching.
