The Braves struck on Thursday with some unfavorable information, positioning superb comeback tale and extremely reliable reducer Nick Anderson on the 60-Day Injured List in order to remove a 40-man place for a waiver insurance claim: The #Braves today asserted OF Dalton Guthrie off waivers from the San Francisco Giants and optioned him to Triple-A Gwinnett. To make area on the 40-man lineup, Atlanta positioned RHP Nick Anderson on the 60-day hurt checklist, backdated to July 8th, with an appropriate shoulder strain.Anderson's performance had absolutely wound down in time. Hardly a lock for the Opening Day roster when the Braves signed him to a split contract worth $800, 000 at the major organization level in November 2022, Anderson impressed in Springtime Training and afterwards quickly ensconced himself as a higher-leverage option from the outset. Through Might 1, he had an outrageous 80 AGE-/ 40 FIP-/ 45 xFIP-, which came with a set of looks where he released a complimentary pass in simply one trip, and was starting out over 38 percent of batters faced.Those initially 12 appearances were outstanding, however the following 12 Giants Store, with June 12, were rather even worse: 74/72/94. The walks were still greatly nonexistent, but the strikeout rate nearly halved itself, down to 20 percent. After that rougher times came. Over his last 10 getaways, Anderson has a 45/121/131 line. He strolled a batter in four straight outings at one factor, after releasing simply three walks the entire season beforehand. Perhaps his efficiency because mid-June has been the resut of him trying to pitch with a shoulder issue; we'll never know.Nonetheless, Anderson's accumulated 69/73/86 line has been one of the very best in baseball so far, as his 0.8 fWAR is a top 30 mark among relievers and 2nd on the group to A.J. Minter. This is a not-insubstantial strike to the bullpen, and while the Braves were likely mosting likely to add to the relief corps over the following couple of weeks anyway, this just makes it a lot more of a certainty. Anderson goes to the 60-day IL, which is kind of a concern given that the injury was evidently bad enough to necessitate the entire 2 month hiatus thing. To make use of the additional roster space, the Braves claimed outfielder Dalton Guthrie from the Giants, and are sending him to Gwinnett as an Eli White substitute, as the last is also most likely out for the period. Originally a sixth-round choice by the Phillies in 2016, Guthrie was traded to the Giants earlier this period for money factors to consider yet spent his few days with his brand-new organization at Triple-A. Guthrie has an occupation 115 wRC+ and 0.4 fWAR in 56 PAs, however generally hasn't hit sufficient in the minors to be greater than a fringy energy choice. He does have experience in the infield, so he's sort of like younger Charlie Culberson to some extent.UPDATED: July 13th, 5:51 PM EASTERNThe Braves followed up with the information of Anderson striking the IL with the news that they have actually picked the contract of Lucas Luetge: The #Braves today additionally picked the agreement of LHP Lucas Luetge and marked RHP Roddery Muoz for assignment.Luetge remained with the organization after being marked for project at the end of May. He will go back to the Braves for the time being to take Anderson's opening in the bullpen. Roddery Munoz, who had actually spent time with the Braves for a few days earlier this season, was designated for task to create a 40-man spot for Luetge.
