The Atlanta Braves, who lead the NL East by 9.5 games and are leading the league in designating Carlos Carrasco for assignment, have made a roster move before tonight’s game with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Lookie lookie lookie, here comes Cookie. I don’t quite understand why MLB doesn’t just allow teams to hold 14 pitchers on the active roster, but I really, really believe they need it. Carlos Carrasco is a perfectly fine long reliever. Just let him have the Josh Tomlin spot in the bullpen. It’s bad enough we have people out there talking about trading Ronald Acuña when this place exploded last year at the thought of not signing an extension. We don’t need this, Alex. I’m not quite this level internet annoyed, but come on.
You know who he is. Carlos Carrasco has gotten 22 outs this season. That’s just over 7 outs per DFA. He has a 2.45/4.17/3.75 line this season and 0.0 WAR. Come on Braves, quit making Carlos follow you guys around the country in a rented Escalade.
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