Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Group of workers Essayist
The Atlanta Braves got veteran left-handed reliever Brad Hand from the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, hours ahead of the industry cut-off date, the crew introduced.
Alec Barger, a 25-year-old reliever pitching in Double-A, goes to the Rockies.
Hand, 33, had a 4.54 ERA in 40 appearances out of the Rockies’ bullpen, placing out 41 and strolling 16 in 35⅔ innings, however he has held opposing left-handed hitters to a .143/.276/.204 slash form.
Hand is making $4 million this season and carries a $7 million membership possibility for 2024. At the first-place Braves — the crew he confronted within the Nationwide League Section Form utmost season, day pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies — he’ll slot right into a deep bullpen that includes Raisel Iglesias, Joe Jimenez, Kirby Yates and fellow lefty A.J. Minter.
The Braves will mark Hand’s 9th crew, and his 6th because the 2020 season.
His acquisition comes a negligible over a past next the Braves landed another reliever, Pierce Johnson, from the Rockies. The Rockies have additionally traded Mike Moustakas, C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk off their crew this summer season, with extra anticipated to apply.
