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Atlanta Braves Add Reinforcements

By Fred Owens

May 23, 2014; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Sean Burnett (24) in the seventh inning of the game against the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Angels won 6-1. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
May 23, 2014; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Sean Burnett (24) in the seventh inning of the game against the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Angels won 6-1. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
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Braves add an outfielder

Unless you were asleep this weekend you saw or heard about the absolutely inexcusable error made in the ongoing Emilio Bonifacio farce. I wasn’t a fan of signing him and releasing him was the right idea. Bringing him back on a minor league deal meant that no one else wanted him at the major league minimum in the five or six days he was casting about for a job.

Think about that, the Braves were going to pay 2/3 of him salary  – $1M  – and you have to pay him rookie money and you don’t want him? Still getting him back since we were already paying him also made some sense. He is a good guy and a role model for younger players and we need those in the minors. But that was Sunday and today he’s not coming.

Today the Braves wiped  the egg from their face and recalled Matt Tuiasosopo,

The now 29-year-old RH hitting Tuiasosopo  ( pronounced too-ee-yah-so-so-poh) was the third player drafted by the Mariners in 2004 and made his major league debut in 2008. He played sporadically between 2008 and 2010 but they released him after his 2011 minor league season.  He played in the Mets organization in 2012 and  with the Tigers the next year.

The 2013 season with the Tigers was his best. He appeared in 81 games posting a .244/.351/.415/.766 line that included seven homers and 7 doubles in 191 PA. The Tigers exposed him to waivers after the season and that the Diamondbacks grabbed him. A couple of months later they put him on waivers and the Blue Jays grabbed him. In June of 2014  the White Sox bought his contract from Toronto and he finished the season in their system.

The Orioles signed him in December of 2014 but released him on 1 April of 2015 and he signed back with the Pale Hose who released him after the season allowing the Braves to sign him in November.

At Gwinnett this season he’s posted a .218/.324/.425/.749 line including four homers 28 Ks, and 12 walks. Defensively he started as an infielder playing all four of them for the Mariners and even pulled a little time at third for the Tigers.

In 2013 he was at least an average left outfielder. At Gwinnett he’s played both corner outfield spots and had eight games at first base. Of the players Gwinnett had with a reasonable chance of a call up, he’s the one who has shown some power ahead of Sean Kazmar and of course Bonifacio.

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