August 16: Dunshee went unclaimed on waivers and was despatched outright to Triple-A Gwinnett, tweets David O’Brien of the Athletic. Since that is his first profession outright, he’ll stay within the group with out carrying a 40-man roster spot. The Wake Forest product has the required minor league time to grow to be a free agent within the offseason except the Braves reselect his contract.
August 14: The Braves introduced as we speak that outfielder Michael Harris II has been reinstated from the 60-day injured listing, as was anticipated. Outfielder Eli White was optioned to Triple-A to open an energetic roster spot whereas right-hander Parker Dunshee was designated for project in a corresponding 40-man transfer.
Dunshee, 29, simply had his contract chosen final week, his first time on a giant league roster in his profession. In Thursday’s sport, Charlie Morton had a tough outing, permitting eight earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. Dunshee was despatched in for some mop-up obligation and ate up 2 1/3 innings however allowed 5 earned runs within the course of. He was optioned to the minors the following day, that means he’s at present sitting on an unpleasant 19.29 earned run common in his very temporary MLB profession.
The commerce deadline has now handed, so Atlanta might be placing Dunshee on waivers sooner or later within the coming days. Maybe some membership might be intrigued by his stable outcomes in recent times, main league debut however. Courting again to the beginning of 2023, he has thrown 112 minor league innings with a 2.81 ERA. His 10.3% stroll fee in that point is a bit on the excessive aspect however he has struck out 29.4% of batters confronted. He has a full slate of choices and primarily no service time.
He was drafted by Oakland and was a considerably notable beginning pitching prospect a number of years in the past however his outcomes tailed off as he hit the higher ranges of the minors. He’s been in additional of a reduction position not too long ago which appears to have led to raised numbers and will maybe result in an upcoming waiver declare.
Atlanta might be hoping that the return of Harris is the spark that incites a turnaround. They’ve been dropping within the standings all through the summer season and are at present 63-56. That places them 4 video games again of the Padres and Diamondbacks, who’re tied for the highest two Wild Card spots within the Nationwide League. Atlanta nonetheless has the ultimate spot however the Mets are simply two video games again and there are a number of different golf equipment inside hanging distance.
A lot of Atlanta’s struggles have been associated to accidents. Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the yr after yet one more ACL tear, this time in his left knee. Ozzie Albies has been out of motion for a few month on account of a left wrist fracture and Harris has missed two months on account of a strained left hamstring. That’s on prime of a number of notable accidents to the pitching employees.
All that has led the membership to show to veteran fill-ins like Whit Merrifield, Ramón Laureano, Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall. The primary two have been satisfactory this yr however the different two have struggled considerably. Rosario has already been launched however Duvall remains to be clinging to his roster spot regardless of a .178/.240/.315 batting line. Amongst massive league gamers with at the very least 300 plate appearances this yr, the one one with a worse wRC+ than Duvall’s 53 is Rosario.
Although Duvall remains to be holding onto his roster spot, Harris ought to have the ability to improve the crew just by taking his taking part in time. Earlier than touchdown on the IL, Harris was himself struggling, having hit .250/.295/.358 for a wRC+ of 80. However he was hitting .295/.334/.494 for a 124 wRC+ coming into the yr and even the slumping model of Harris would nonetheless be far stronger than Duvall’s season thus far.
