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Post by wncbravesfan on May 12, 2023 8:06:52 GMT -5
Elder RHP 3 - 0|1.74 ERA
Berríos RHP 3 - 3|4.91 ERA
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 9:37:39 GMT -5
Braves Sign Justus Sheffield To Minor League Deal
Left-hander Justus Sheffield has found a new organization, as the former top prospect has signed a minor league deal with the Braves, per the transaction tracker on his MLB.com profile page.
Sheffield, who will celebrate his 27th birthday tomorrow, was the 31st overall pick in the 2014 draft, taken by Cleveland in the first round. Sheffield was long a staple of top 100 prospect lists as he made his ascent throughout the minors, appearing on Baseball America’s top 100 list as early as 2016 before eventually climbing to the 27th spot on the ranking ahead of the 2019 season. In addition to his prospect pedigree, Sheffield was a headliner in multiple significant trades: the Yankees acquired him in the 2016 deadline trade that sent Andrew Miller to Cleveland before sending him to Seattle in the deal that brought James Paxton to the Bronx ahead of the 2019 campaign.
Unfortunately for both Sheffield and the Mariners, the dream of Sheffield anchoring the rotation for the next competitive team in Seattle was never realized. Sheffield struggled badly during the 2019 season, posting a 5.50 ERA with a 4.71 FIP in his first 36 innings with his new club. While he would see a stretch of success during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, with a solid 3.58 ERA and an excellent 3.17 FIP in ten starts, he was unable to carry that success over into the 2021 season. In 92 innings between 2021 and 2022, Sheffield struggled mightily to a 6.46 ERA, 37% below league average by measure of ERA+.
Those struggles led the Mariners to outright Sheffield to Triple-A during the offseason. Unfortunately, Sheffield’s struggles grew even deeper in the early going of the 2023 campaign. In 10 outings with Seattle’s Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma, the lefty surrendered 17 runs in just 8 1/3 innings while walking more batters (11) than he struck out (4). That lead the Mariners to pull the plug on their former top prospect at the end of April, releasing him to pursue opportunities in another organization.
Two weeks later, Sheffield has found a home in the Braves organization. Atlanta has seen its rotation ravaged by injuries in recent days, with both lefty Max Fried and right-hander Kyle Wright expected to miss significant time due to injury. That said, Sheffield figures to be below Michael Soroka, Dylan Dodd, and Jared Shuster on the organization depth chart at the very least, and has worked primarily out of the bullpen in recent years.
While Sheffield seems unlikely to provide the Braves useful rotation depth that can solve their current conundrum at the big league level, a minor league deal for a player with Sheffield’s prospect pedigree is rarely a bad decision, given the lack of risk associated with such a deal and the massive potential upside Sheffield showed as a youngster. While it would be a surprise to see Sheffield rebound to the heights he was expected to reach as a prospect, it’s certainly possible that a change of scenery from the organization Sheffield spent the past four seasons with will help him recapture some of the talent that made him such a tantalizing prospect earlier in his career.
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 14:12:01 GMT -5
Braves go down 1-2-3.
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Post by keystone61 on May 13, 2023 14:12:15 GMT -5
Baseball is weird. The Braves can't beat Toronto. I don't think there's an explanation for that, other than baseball is weird.
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Post by keystone61 on May 13, 2023 14:12:52 GMT -5
Olson and Riley continue their good work at the top of the order.
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 14:18:33 GMT -5
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman · 1h Riley has 2 HR and a .542 OPS over his past 21 G going back to April 18. Probably has something to do w/ his healthy choice to eat avocado toast at a SD restaurant on April 17. Or just a little slower start: Through 38 G: 2021: 3 HR .788 OPS 2022: 8 HR .783 OPS 2023 6 HR .721 OPS
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 14:23:20 GMT -5
Rosario legs out an infield hit !! (.265) SINGLE
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 14:25:59 GMT -5
Ozuna at the plate....
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Post by keystone61 on May 13, 2023 14:26:56 GMT -5
I hate watching games when we hit these funks. You know it's gonna happen, it happens to every team, but that doesn't make it suck any less.
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Post by wncbravesfan on May 13, 2023 14:27:59 GMT -5
Ozuna smashes a 2-run HOME RUN !!!! 2-0, good guys.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on May 13, 2023 14:28:35 GMT -5
Ozuna bomb 2-0 braves
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Post by keystone61 on May 13, 2023 14:28:53 GMT -5
Well, dang. Ozuna says "funk this, keystone"!
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Post by rennymadeit on May 13, 2023 14:34:18 GMT -5
It’s time to face it men, unless Ozuna’s playing we ain’t scoring…he’s the good luck fairy dust albatross har!
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Post by PABraveFan on May 13, 2023 14:39:50 GMT -5
Arcia leadoff double. Me like !
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Post by TomlinFoolery on May 13, 2023 14:45:17 GMT -5
Riley bruh.....
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