The Braves introduced Thursday that outfielder Eddie Rosario has been designated for project. His spot on the 40-man roster goes to right-hander Parker Dunshee, whose contract has been chosen from Triple-A Gwinnett. Atlanta additionally optioned lefty Dylan Dodd to Gwinnett and recalled outfielder Eli White.
The 2024 season has been the worst of the 32-year-old Rosario’s decade-long large league profession. He’s cut up the season between the Nats and Braves, tallying 319 plate appearances regardless of a disastrous .175/.215/.316 batting line — together with a .154/.181/.282 slash in 84 plate appearances since being launched in Washington and signing in Atlanta.
Rosario, the 2021 NLCS MVP, has been in a free-fall on the plate for the majority of the previous 4 seasons. Whereas a well-timed surge following a commerce from Cleveland to Atlanta in ’21 helped gasoline the Braves’ World Collection win that 12 months and set the stage for a two-year deal to return to Atlanta, that contract didn’t pan out as hoped.
Rosario spent the 2022-23 seasons drawing common taking part in time when wholesome, however he managed solely a .240/.289/.408 output on the plate in these two seasons. The Braves declined a $9M membership possibility over his 2024 season, and Rosario lingered on the free-agent market into March earlier than signing a minor league cope with the Nationals. He returned to Atlanta on one other minor league contract after being reduce free in D.C., however he hasn’t been in a position to recapture any of that late-’21 magic. With the commerce deadline now previous, Rosario can be launched throughout the subsequent couple of days.
As for the 29-year-old Dunshee, he’ll make his large league debut after grinding via eight minor league seasons and twice turning into a free agent. Initially chosen with the Athletics’ seventh-round choose again in 2017, the Wake Forest product spent six-plus years within the A’s system earlier than being launched final April and signing a minor league cope with the Giants for the rest of the 2023 marketing campaign. He latched on with the Braves on one other minor league pact this previous January.
Dunshee will now get his first crack within the majors, and he’s greater than earned it. Splitting the season between Double-A (14 2/3 innings) and Triple-A (32 1/3 innings), he’s labored to a mixed 2.30 earned run common with a large 33.7% strikeout fee in opposition to a 9.2% stroll fee. Dunshee is a fly-ball pitcher who’s been lucky this season as a result of he hasn’t allowed any residence runs. That degree of residence run suppression isn’t sustainable for any pitcher, however Dunshee’s strikeout and stroll charges create loads of intrigue, even with some regression due on the house run entrance.
