Atlanta Braves roster roundup
The Atlanta Braves roster remains in a constant state of flux. Generally, teams know before crunch time where their roster sit in relation to postseason needs.
The Braves early arrival at the door to postseason play caused a bit of a scramble on August 30 and Tucker’s arrival yesterday further muddied the waters.
Here’s the roster as it stands now color coded based on…
- 25-man status on 8/31 [green]
- September add-ons who are currently active [yellow]
- inactive but available [grey], and…
- the walking wounded unlikely to see action [reddish]
I say ‘unlikely’ because Vizzy and Ramirez are eligible for activation and Moylan would be on Sept 30. Any activation would generate more 40-man adjustments; wouldn’t that be fun?
| 1 | Kolby Allard | Pitcher | 25-man | 26 | Ender Inciarte | Position | 25-man |
| 2 | Jesse Biddle | Pitcher | 25-man | 27 | Nick Markakis | Position | 25-man |
| 3 | Brad Brach | Pitcher | 25-man | 28 | Kurt Suzuki | Position | 25-man |
| 4 | Shane Carle | Pitcher | 25-man | 29 | Dansby Swanson | Position | 25-man |
| 5 | Sam Freeman | Pitcher | 25-man | 30 | Lane Adams | Position | Active |
| 6 | Mike Foltynewicz | Pitcher | 25-man | 31 | Ryan Flaherty | Position | Active |
| 7 | Kevin Gausman | Pitcher | 25-man | 32 | Preston Tucker | Position | Active |
| 8 | Luke Jackson | Pitcher | 25-man | 33 | Rene Rivera | Position | Active |
| 9 | A.J. Minter | Pitcher | 25-man | 34 | Max Fried | Pitcher | Inactive |
| 10 | Sean Newcomb | Pitcher | 25-man | 35 | Luiz Gohara | Pitcher | Inactive |
| 11 | Anibal Sanchez | Pitcher | 25-man | 36 | Adam McCreery | Pitcher | Inactive |
| 12 | Julio Teheran | Pitcher | 25-man | 37 | Wes Parsons | Pitcher | Inactive |
| 13 | Touki Toussaint | Pitcher | Active | 38 | Chad Sobotka | Pitcher | Inactive |
| 14 | Jonny Venters | Pitcher | 25-man | 39 | Rio Ruiz | Position | Inactive |
| 15 | Dan Winkler | Pitcher | 25-man | 40 | Ricardo Sanchez | Position | Inactive |
| 16 | Bryse Wilson | Pitcher | Active | 41 | Grant Dayton | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 17 | Kyle Wright | Pitcher | Active | 42 | Jacob Lindgren | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 18 | Ronald Acuna | Position | 25-man | 43 | Brandon McCarthy | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 19 | Ozzie Albies | Position | 25-man | 44 | Peter Moylan | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 20 | Johan Camargo | Position | 25-man | 45 | Darren O’Day | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 21 | Charlie Culberson | Position | 25-man | 46 | Jose A Ramirez | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 22 | Adam Duvall | Position | 25-man | 47 | Michael Reed | Position | 60-day |
| 23 | Lucas Duda | Position | 25-man | 48 | Mike Soroka | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 24 | Tyler Flowers | Position | 25-man | 49 | Arodys Vizcaino | Pitcher | 60-day |
| 25 | Freddie Freeman | Position | 25-man |
Is this odd, or what?
Someone asked on Twitter if a player had ever been traded to another team then traded back to his original team in the same season. There are quite a few trades where a player is traded then returned as the Player To Be Named Later (PTBNL) in the same trade.
The most famous probably happened in April 1962 when Cleveland traded Chiti to the Mets for cash and a PTBNL. Chiti managed to disappoint even the 62 Mets – shocking isn’t it – and they sent him back to the Indians as the PTBNL. Though just 29, Chiti never played pro ball again after the 1962 season. Archie Corbin, Mark Ross, Dickie Noles, Clint Courtney, and probably a couple I missed all followed the same path as Chiti.
I finally found what I believe is the last ”trade a player then trade specifically for that player” in the same season deals. Odder still, it involved former Atlanta Braves’ closer and current alumni weekend coordinator Greg McMichael.
The Braves had traded McMichael to the Mets following the 1996 season for Paul Byrd – that isn’t relevant but I thought it was interesting as both are tangentially attached to the Braves now. Here’s the sequence according to the Greg McMichael player page on BBR.
- June 4, 1998, the Mets trade McMichael and Dave Mlicki to the Dodgers for another former Brave (Brad Clontz) and Hideo Nomo.
- July 10, the Dodgers sent McMichael and cash back to the Mets for Brian Bohanon.
Proving the Mets then had no more idea what they were doing than they do today, on July 31, 1999, they traded McMichael and Jason Isringhausen to Oakland for Billy Taylor. As I recall that worked out better for Oakland than the Mets.
That’s a Wrap
Sometimes I think Alex Anthopoulos is a genius and other times I have no idea why he does something. The Duvall acquisition seemed like a trade-and-hope-he-remembers-how-to-hit situation… and he hasn’t.
I like Tucker and having him back doesn’t hurt my feelings but it is a right-hand hitter we need – and he isn’t that.
I keep telling myself anything we get this year is gravy and the target remains 2019. I hope I’m finally right.