The Braves continued to have a bad time in May, dropping another to Pittsburgh in annoying fashion with a severe lack of runs. A lot of this continues to be a combination of bad luck and the (likely) new higher drag ball, but it is pretty un-fun to watch this offense right now. Meanwhile, they made a move on the fringe of the roster, bringing up Jimmy Herget, who they added from the Angels for Darius Vines. Herget has been an effective reliever at times in his career, and a reappearance of that version of him would be great, but fundamentally the team needs to score more runs to win more games.
Braves News
The Braves brought up veteran reliever Jimmy Herget to replace Darius Vines on the active roster, adding another right-hander.
Atlanta lost 4-1 in another brutal game to watch against the Pirates, continuing what has been a really rough month of May.
Ian Anderson’s rehab seems to be progressing as expected, leaving open a return to pitching within the next two months.
MLB News
The Rays placed outfielder Josh Lowe on the 10-day IL with an oblique strain, backdated to 5/23.
The Orioles completed a low level two-for-one trade with the Brewers, acquiring reliever Thyago Vieira.
The Kansas City Royals have won eight straight an are right behind the Guardians and Yankees at the top of the AL standings.
