Braves announced Monday afternoon that they have made a few roster moves
The Atlanta Braves have shuffled things up a bit on Monday afternoon…well, not too much, but some additions and subtractions. We’ll most likely see this a bunch this year with relief pitchers…like most other years.
Right-handed pitcher Aníbal Sánchez‘s contract from Triple-A Gwinnett has been selected by the Atlanta Braves and will be added to the 25-man roster. Also, catcher Carlos Pérez will be added to the Braves 25-man roster.
Sánchez will wear #19 and Pérez will wear #61.
The #Braves today selected the contract of RHP Aníbal Sánchez from Triple-A Gwinnett, while newly acquired C Carlos Pérez has reported and been added to the 25-man roster. Sánchez will wear No. 19 and Pérez will be No. 61.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 2, 2018
To make room for Sánchez and Pérez, the Braves designated right-handed pitcher Miguel Socolovich for assignment and placed right-handed pitcher Josh Ravin on the disabled list.
Ravin was just added to the Braves roster on Saturday and pitched one inning against the Phillies that night. He gave up no hits, no runs, one walk and had no strikeouts. Unfortunately, the Braves posted on twitter that he has a “viral infection”. That doesn’t sound good…if it’s anything. It’s most likely the new adaptation to the “oblique strain” or any other fictitious injuries teams come up with. Don’t forget where AA came from — the Dodgers — where he used these terms a lot!
Socolovich was called up to Atlanta the day prior, on Friday, and has pitched in Saturday’s game as well. He went two innings, gave up no hits, no runs, no walks and had two strikeouts.
To make room on the active roster, the club designated RHP Miguel Socolovich for assignment and placed RHP Josh Ravin on 10-day disabled list with a viral infection.
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 2, 2018
Sánchez and Pérez added to 25-man roster
The Braves traded Ryan Schimpf on Saturday night to the Angels for Pérez , as Fred wrote about, after back-to-back nights of catchers going down. Tyler Flowers went on the DL after an oblique strain on opening day and Kurt Suzuki got hit in the wrist on Friday night. Suzuki looks to be out only a few days, but we needed a catcher.
Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos helped sign Pérez back in 2008 when he was still a part of the Blue Jays organization so maybe he sees something in Pérez.
Sánchez looks to be the Braves fifth starter in the rotation until Luiz Gohara returns. It was kind of surprising he didn’t make the Braves Opening Day roster, but I guess they had other plans. I thought the Braves would use him in long relief situations until they needed him on April 11th —because of off days the Braves won’t need a fifth starter until then.
Gohara — ankle sprain/groin — could return by late April, early May.
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Sánchez will help the Braves bullpen and hopefully save a few arms along the way.