Atlanta Braves make roster cuts, Nick Markakis retires
By Fred Owens
Atlanta Braves cut down Spring rosters
The first Atlanta Braves roster cuts of 2021 didn’t include any surprises among the six players optioned to AAA or the 18 sent to minor league camp after today’s game. The club has 43 players remaining in camp, 34 on the 40-man roster:
- 20 pitchers
- seven LHP
- Five catchers
- seven outfielders
- 11 infielders
Here’s the full list. If the player’s ranking looks different, it’s because MLB Pipeline just updated the list.
| Player | Rk | 40-man | Player | Rk | 40-man | ||
| Drew Waters | 3 | Yes | AAA | CJ Alexander | 23 | MLC | |
| Braden Shewmake | 4 | MLC | Thomas Burrows | 25 | MLC | ||
| Kyle Muller | 6 | Yes | AAA | Logan Brown | 28 | MLC | |
| Tucker Davidson | 9 | Yes | AAA | Justin Dean | 29 | MLC | |
| Jasseel De La Cruz | 10 | Yes | AAA | Victor Arano | N/A | Yes | AAA |
| Michael Harris | 11 | MLC | Travis Demeritte | N/A | MLC | ||
| Patrick Weigel | 12 | Yes | AAA | Kurt Hoekstra | N/A | MLC | |
| Freddy Tarnok | 13 | MLC | Connor Johnstone | N/A | MLC | ||
| Bryce Ball | 15 | MLC | Nolan Kingham | N/A | MLC | ||
| Trey Harris | 17 | MLC | Chad Sobotka | N/A | Yes | AAA | |
| Victor Vodnick | 18 | MLC | Phil Pfeifer | N/A | MLC | ||
| Daysbel Hernandez | 20 | MLC | William Woods | N/A | MLC |
Notes from Tuesday’s Braves Game
Speaking of the game, the Braves beat the Twins 8-5 this afternoon, a couple of players look close to earning a bench role out of Spring training.
Ehire Adrianza continues to prove me wrong. His bunt started the rally that added the Braves final run of the day. Add that to his ability at both middle infield positions and he looks like the Atlanta Braves backup shortstop
Huascar Ynoa went three strong innings today, then ran out of steam, leaving in the fourth with the bases loaded and no one out. Pfeifer came on but couldn’t shut the Twins down, allowing five runs to cross before the inning ended.
Touki Toussaint pitched three strong innings allowing a hit and nothing else, while flashing a nice sinker and that big, beautiful curve. A.J. Minter came in and looked sharp to close it out.