The Braves introduced that left-hander A.J. Minter has been positioned on the 15-day injured checklist attributable to left shoulder irritation. The position is backdated to July 12, and right-hander Dereck Rodriguez was referred to as up from Triple-A to take Minter’s spot on the energetic roster.
Minter left final Saturday’s sport attributable to what was described by the staff as left pectoral tightness, although the southpaw mentioned he was feeling higher only a day later. It isn’t but identified if this shoulder downside was associated to the pectoral tightness, or if it is a new damage altogether. Regardless, the Braves will now be with out one in all their high bullpen arms for at the least one other 12 days.
The underside-line numbers don’t actually replicate Minter’s general high quality, as he has a 4.91 ERA over 40 1/3 innings this season. Of his 22 earned runs allowed, 11 of them came visiting a disastrous stretch of 4 2/3 innings over 5 appearances in April. Minter has a 3.04 ERA over 26 2/3 innings since that tough patch, and each his 2.88 SIERA and his largely above-average Statcast numbers point out that he has been much more efficient than his 4.91 ERA would recommend.
There isn’t but any suggestion that Minter may miss loads of time or that his shoulder downside is something critical, although irritation is one thing of a tough damage to gauge. Fellow Atlanta southpaw Dylan Lee has been out of motion since mid-Could along with his personal case of shoulder irritation, and has been throwing some bullpen classes as he works his method again from the 60-day injured checklist.
The league-leading Braves don’t have many overt weaknesses, however Minter’s absence may give the membership one thing to deal with heading into the commerce deadline. With Lee sidelined, Minter and Lucas Luetge had been the one left-handers in Atlanta’s bullpen, so southpaw depth was maybe a necessity for the Braves even earlier than Minter’s damage. Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos is usually aggressive on the deadline, and left-handed aid figures to be excessive on his checklist of targets as he seems to be to place the ultimate touches on what seems to be like a World Collection contender.
