The Braves have designated right-hander Luke Jackson for assignment, David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweets. His spot on the Braves’ 25-man roster will go to righty Lucas Sims, whom they recalled from Triple-A.
This is the second time since last December that the Braves have designated the 26-year-old Jackson, who rejoined their 40-man roster when they selected his contract April 4. Jackson then went on to make only two appearances, during which he combined for 1 1/3 innings and gave up two earned runs on two hits and a walk. He yielded both of those earned runs as part of the Braves’ epic collapse Saturday against the Cubs, who rallied back from a 10-2 deficit to escape with a 14-10 win.
Sims, 23, has been a well-regarded prospect at times since Atlanta chose him 21st overall in the 2012 draft. He struggled during his first major league promotion last season, though, with a 5.62 ERA/5.07 FIP across 57 2/3 innings (14 appearances, 10 starts).
EEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSSYYYYYY decision. Hopefully we can keep him and put him back in triple A. He’s got the arm he just needs more work. Kid prob be a lot better if he would invest time in working out and not getting so heavy
He’s 26. Cut him loose. Let him move to the next phase of life – being an Opening Day starter for the Marlins.
I mean, that’s fine. He does look like a future marlin. I mean, the braves shouldn’t go all out to keep him in the minors, but if we can, grab him
Still can’t believe we DFA Morris
Another bad Coppy trade. Newcomb and Inciarte are the only players paying dividends after the fire sale. No solid prospects in return. Glad he’s not with the organization anymore.
I’m trying my best not to look through the rose-colored glasses, but surely you have more perspective than that. Swanson, even after a down first full year, looks like he’s starting to put all the pieces together. Luiz Gohara, Alex Jackson, Austin Riley & Joey Wentz (draft picks obtained from SD & LAD) haven’t really benefited the MLB team yet, but their stock alone could be great trade bait. Folty hasn’t fully developed, but continues maturing into a quality starter.
Yes, the Olivera trade only made things worse until getting Kemp made things much much worse. Trading away Simmons still hurts the most in my opinion (regardless if you think a rebuilding team should have a $10M/year elite closer in Kimbrel). Hindsight is 20/20, but I’m still baffled how you only view Inciarte/Newcomb has the only positives from Coppy’s trades. It could have been a lot worse.
Isn’t Alex jackson like a 40 fv prospect? Not a ton of stock in him, I don’t believe. Not sure he really fits with those other guys.
It depends on where you’re looking, there’s been a large amount of variance as to where he’s been ranked. It mainly comes down to how the person making the rankings feels about how his defense might develop and what kind of leap (if any) it might make this year.
I agree… Just frustrated. I felt that they traded a lot of good major league talent for players that still need to learn at the major league level. The Kevin Maitan situation was frustrating but glad we got to keep Acuna.
Go Braves!
It was just a change of scenery trade, a gamble at best and nothing to really complain over. Besides, if anything, Braves got at least a MLB season out of him, which is more than can be said about Jenkins and Feigl.
Seriously, Swanson is having a very good start to the season for someone is what, 22?
I’m happy to see him there. That trade, even if it were just Enciarte, was a huge win for Atlanta given what Miller has done since.
Swanson is 24. 6 months older than Carlos Correa! Just thought I’d say it before someone else did. He’s off to a good start.
Bye Jackson, I hope to never see you in a Braves uniform again. best of luck w/ another team.
Now what about J0se Ramirez?
He got punished for 2 bad outings. He’ll be back on his feet with a new team soon enough. I don’t know much about him. The chicago weather no doubt affects control and velocity.