The Braves have signed right-hander Wander Suero to a minor league deal, reviews Matt Eddy of Baseball America. The Rep 1 Baseball shopper will presumably obtain an invitation to main league spring coaching as effectively.
Suero, 33, signed a minor league cope with the Astros final winter. He was chosen to the roster in April however was outrighted off the roster after only one look. He spent a lot of the yr in Triple-A and had a superb efficiency. He tossed 67 2/3 innings for the House Cowboys, permitting 2.66 earned runs per 9. He was certainly helped by a .238 batting common on balls in play and 85.8% strand price, however his 24.8% strikeout price was a powerful mark.
He does have some expertise as an efficient main league reliever, although it’s been just a few years now. He tossed 142 2/3 innings for the Nationals over the 2018 via 2020 seasons with a 4.10 ERA, 26.1% strikeout price and eight.5% stroll price. He earned one save and 27 holds for the Nats in that point. However his ERA jumped to six.33 in 2021 and he was non-tendered after that season.
Over the previous three years, he’s principally been restricted to minor league work, with solely six huge league appearances in that stretch. However he had a 3.45 ERA in his 141 Triple-A innings for that timeframe, placing out 23.1% of batters confronted whereas strolling 10.8%.
Atlanta might need a decent finances this offseason and the bullpen wants addressing. A.J. Minter, Jesse Chavez and John Brebbia simply turned free brokers and Joe Jiménez just lately underwent knee surgical procedure that might maintain him on the injured checklist for all the 2025 season. Suero provides them a bit of additional non-roster depth and nonetheless has one choice yr remaining. That roster flexibility might work in his favor in the case of getting a spot subsequent yr.
