Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday
Well…the Braves are in a brutal spot right now. They are having some absurdly bad luck in close games (0-9 in the last 9 one-run games and 0-12 in the last 12 two-run games) and have already eaten up essentially all of their margin for error for the season and perhaps more. They are 9 games behind .500 and 9.0 games out of the last wild-card spot, while sitting a whopping 12.5 games behind the lead in the division and solidly in fourth place. The season feels close to over, even if there is still a little over half the season left and the team does still have a lot of talent. It will be a fascinating trade deadline if the team doesn’t go on a big run to get back in the mix before then.
Braves News
Atlanta claimed another replacement level reliever from Philly, as they continue to cycle through journeyman in the bullpen.
The Braves DFA’d Craig Kimbrel, one day after adding him to the big league roster and seeing him work a very weird scoreless outing.
The Braves lost another brutal one, this time in walk-off fashion after Bryce Elder put forth a stellar career-best outing.
MLB News
The Pirates made a flurry of moves, including DFAing former top Braves prospect Joey Wentz.
The Dodgers placed Tony Gonsolin on the 15-day IL, while activating Kirby Yates and Michael Kopech from the 15-day and 60-day ILs, respectively.
The Phillies placed star Bryce Harper on the 10-day IL with wrist soreness, backdated to 6/6/2025.