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The Braves on Tuesday reinstated closer Raisel Iglesias from the injured list. In a corresponding move, relief pitcher Carlos Carrasco was designated for assignment.
Iglesias had been placed on the 15-day injured list April 21 with right shoulder inflammation. The right-hander is 5-for-5 in save opportunities this season and has not allowed a run in 8⅔ innings while striking out 11.
This is the second time Carrasco has been designated for assignment by the Braves this season. He pitched 1⅓ scoreless innings of relief Monday during the Braves' 5-4 loss to the Mariners.
The Braves also announced Tuesday that relief pitcher Dylan Dodd will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett, and shortstop Ha-Seong Kim has been moved from Double-A Columbus to Gwinnett. The Gwinnett Stripers are beginning a six-game series in Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday.
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is headed to the injured list.
Acuña has a strained left hamstring, according to the club. The right fielder and leadoff hitter left Saturday's game at Coors Field in the second inning on a groundout to second base.
Braves manager Walt Weiss said Acuña has a Grade 1 strain.
To replace Acuña on the roster, the Braves selected the contract of outfielder José Azócar from Triple-A Gwinnett. Azócar has played 27 games for Gwinnett this season and is hitting .270 with 11 RBIs, 12 walks and 19 strikeouts in 100 at-bats.
Azócar, who arrived at the visitor's clubhouse at Coors Field on Sunday morning, has played in 228 MLB games, including two last season with the Braves, since his debut in 2022 with the Padres.
On the second day of a long road trip, the Braves made a roster move to continue to solidify the depth of their bullpen.
Anthony Molina was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett and Carlos Carrasco's contract was selected to rejoin the MLB club.
Molina threw two scoreless innings Friday at Coors Field in the Braves' 8-6 win over the Rockies. The 24-year-old righty walked a batter, but allowed nothing else over 26 pitches.
"He's got good stuff, man," Braves manager Walt Weiss said. "It's a good arm, and he's young. I couldn't believe how young. I thought he'd been around a bit longer, but he's a young kid, man, with a really good arm. So that was a great job by him."
Carrasco had been designated for assignment Thursday. He had made one appearance for the Braves, throwing one inning of relief April 23 against the Nationals in Washington. The 39-year-old righty made four starts for Triple-A Gwinnett, where he had a 1.71 ERA.
Carrasco had been outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday and instead chose free agency.
The Braves retooled their bullpen Friday morning ahead of a nine-game, three-city road trip.
José Suárez and Joel Payamps were designated for assignment after both pitched during the Braves' 5-2 loss to the Tigers on Thursday at Truist Park. Payamps allowed two runs on two hits and a walk while taking a loss. Suárez gave up two runs on two walks and two hits.
Suárez made eight appearances for the Braves, including one start. He gave up 12 earned runs.
Payamps gave up seven earned runs in 7⅔ innings.
In their place, the Braves recalled Hunter Stratton and selected Anthony Molina to the MLB roster. Both pitchers have been with Triple-A Gwinnett.
Stratton has fanned 18 hitters over 12 innings and has an ERA of 4.50. Molina has struck out 10 over 14 innings and also has an ERA of 2.50.
Both Stratton and Molina are right-handed pitchers.
Braves reliever Dylan Lee is back after a one-day absence and Carlos Carrasco has been designated for assignment, the Braves announced Wednesday.
Lee had left the team Tuesday to be on the paternity list. The lefty has a team-high 14 appearances and has allowed just two earned runs on six hits over 13 innings. He has also struck out 13 hitters.
Carrasco made one appearance for the Braves, throwing one inning of relief Thursday against the Nationals in Washington. The 39-year-old righty made four starts for Triple-A Gwinnett, where he had a 1.71 ERA.
The Braves will be without one of their key bullpen arms this week.
Reliever Dylan Lee has been placed on the paternity list. The left-handed pitcher will likely miss this week's series against the Tigers, which begins Tuesday and runs through Thursday.
Lee has a team-high 14 appearances and has allowed just two earned runs on six hits over 13 innings. He has also struck out 13 hitters.
In Lee's place, the Braves have recalled right-hander pitcher Didier Fuentes. Fuentes started for the Braves on Wednesday in Washington against the Nationals and allowed four runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out seven.
Fuentes started the season with the Braves, was optioned to Triple-A after making a relief appearance March 29 before being recalled again ahead of last week's start.
Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider completed another rehab start Sunday with the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers.
Strider was charged with two earned runs after 5-plus innings of work. He allowed four hits and two walks while fanning seven.
The right-hander threw 82 pitches, 50 of which were strikes, the most he's thrown during his rehab assignment.
It was the third rehab outing for Strider since starting the season on the injured list with a strained oblique muscle. Strider, at the earliest, could rejoin the rotation Friday in Denver when the Braves open a three-game series against the Rockies.
The Braves outrighted Ian Hamilton to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday.
Hamilton, a relief pitcher, was designated for assignment Wednesday after making his Braves debut Tuesday against the Nationals at Nationals Park. He allowed three earned runs on two hits and a walk in the Braves' 11-4 loss.
Pitcher Spencer Strider and catcher Sean Murphy will both start for Triple-A Gwinnett at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gwinnett Field in Lawrenceville.
Strider has made one rehab start and is coming off an oblique injury. He threw 50 pitches over 3⅓ innings for the High-A Rome Emperors on Thursday, allowing one hit and two walks while striking out three.
Murphy went 0-for-9 with two strikeouts, a walk and a hit by pitch in four games with Rome. Murphy had surgery on his right hip in September.
Braves shortstop Ha-Seong Kim continues to make positive steps in his rehab of an injured finger, Braves manager Walt Weiss said Saturday before the team's game against the Phillies in Philadelphia.
Kim injured his right middle finger when he slipped on a patch of ice and fell in his native Korea in January. He had signed a one-year, $20-million contract in December.
Weiss said Kim recently began taking live batting practice and is scheduled to go through a simulated game Thursday. Kim is training in the Braves' spring training home in North Port, Florida.
"It's closing in on a rehab (assignment) fairly soon. I don't know when that is," Weiss said. "But the fact that he's facing live arms, he's doing all the other stuff, he's taking ground balls, throwing. That's starting to get on the radar here."
The Braves have fared well with Kim absent.
Mauricio Dubón, the starting shortstop, is hitting .319 with 12 RBIs and 11 runs scored. He also has a fielding percentage of .971.
Jorge Mateo, starting Saturday's game at shortstop with Dubón in left, is 7-for-16 with 3 RBIs over nine games.
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