The Braves have acquired right-hander Davis Daniel from the Angels, per announcements from both clubs. The Halos designated Daniel for assignment earlier this week. Left-hander Mitch Farris heads the other way.
Daniel, 28 in June, has a small amount of major league experience thus far. Between last year and this year, he has tossed 42 2/3 innings for the Angels, allowing 5.06 earned runs per nine. His 8.1% walk rate is right around average but his 19.9% strikeout rate and 39.1% ground ball rate are both a few ticks worse than par.
Atlanta is probably more interested in the Triple-A season that Daniel just had. He made 21 starts and one relief appearance at the Sale Lake Bees, logging 118 innings. His 5.42 ERA in that time is obviously not impressive, but the Bees play in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. Daniel struck out 23.3% of batters faced and only gave out walks at a 6.5% clip. His 4.41 FIP was almost exactly a run better than his ERA.
Daniel still has an option remaining, so he can give Atlanta a bit of extra rotation depth without taking up an active roster spot. Atlanta projects to have a rotation fronted by Chris Sale, Reynaldo López and Spencer Schwellenbach. They will eventually get Spencer Strider back into that mix at some point, once he’s recovered from his April internal brace surgery. Until then, options for the back end include Grant Holmes, Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver, Hurston Waldrep, Bryce Elder and others. Daniel will jump into that group, who will presumably battle each other for positions on the depth chart.
Farris, 24 in February, was selected by Atlanta in the 14th round of the 2023 draft. Since then, he has thrown 124 2/3 innings over 21 starts and nine relief appearances in the minors. In that time, he has a 2.96 ERA, 30% strikeout rate and 9.7% walk rate. He spent most of 2024 at High-A and will backfill some of the pitching depth that the Angels just lost by cutting Daniel from the roster. Farris isn’t Rule 5 eligible until December of 2026, so he won’t need a roster spot for quite a while.
Trying to one up the Astros news I see
Really hope it works out well for Davis.
He’s from the South and now he’ll get to pitch close to sea level rather than in salt Lake.
AA knows (but he’s not tellin)
That’s the canning replacement. He has really good peripherals. Just hasn’t put it together. It’s definitely a project
2025 is a CON GAME by Dewitt/Mo used as an excuse to CUT PAYROLL to the bare bones
POOR St. Louis
@tim. This is about the braves and Davis daniel
It’s about CAPITAL LETTERS!!
Sir, this is a Wendy’s…
@gwynning. I know,and that’s why i ordered a big mac.
Rotation Depth is fine, but at some point we will need a legit Pitcher for either the bullpen or Rotation it’s a long season. Choose Shortstop or Outfielder we need one of them and back fill the other spot with first available……
Mot hard to imagine a good backend starter.
AA fleeced twice by the Angels this offseason. Yikes.
If you think the solar trade was a fleece by the angels you just don’t understand baseball
A starting pitcher for a late round draft pick? I like the prospect but AA can draft half a dozen of these guys any year.
When he was born, the hospital accidentally mixed up his first and last names on the form.
Daniel would have excelled in the bullpen
But why????
He had a good showing in the AFL last year and solid peripherals while pitching in a pitchers nightmare league.
Why turn down a free starting pitcher?
Braves will probably release him in a week. They released Canning and this guy is much worse than Canning.
Neither of these guys is likely to ever break through. Farris is probably just a younger version of Daniel.
Canning had no options and was set to cost about $6 million.
Davis can be stashed in AAA.
@Google Me: The situations aren’t comparable. Soler was a salary dump deal. This trade involved a 14th round draft choice for starting pitcher depth that AA seems to believe has value (probably due to solid underlying stats.)
Having an option is a good thing. Few of the braves 5th spot candidates/swingmen have options. It gives flexibility during the season. These types of roster moves are important in the grand scheme of things.
Perry Minasian likes to dial up his old pals from the Braves huh?
When will we get to see him trade with his bro in SF?
+ @ArteMoreno –looping in Arte to answer
Perry and Buster are siblings? Learn sumthin erryday
@Gwyn
Perry’s brother – Zack – is the GM of the Giants.
I know, and good looking out kells… my weak joke is that Buster is the one callin’ the shots up there. Cheers fellas
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Perry and Zack have been playing GM all the way back since they were kids at the dinner table.
Thumbs up for the fail
They’re not all gunna be homers, Dream!
His name seems backwards.
Even better, his real first name is Robert.
And who’s this Joe Mayo everyone keeps talking about? Frankly it sounds made up.
He gives everyone jobs to do at his parties. I got jiggy with it at one once.
Whenever I see a move like this, I assume the team trading for the player sees the peripheral stats to consider this a diamond in the rough whom they can mold into surplus value and minimal cost and either keep in house for relatively cheap long term or flip for a haul later on…
They seen correctly
Does Peary realize there are others teams to make deals with besides Atl and Philly?
Why … why not include him in the Solar? Like certainly the angels kinda knew they weren’t gonna keep him…
It’s funny, if the Braves and angels could have (and I know mlb rules would have prevented it) but if they could have waited, the Braves could have traded solar and TD, angels would have had TD in a lower risk deal, albeit higher AAV for the 1 year, and they could have swapped for this guy in the deal plus some cash and everyone would have been happy, Braves could have kept their prospects. Idk.. just funny how it all unfolds
Man, I saw this dude last season rake in his first MLB start… 8 shutout innings, 8 K’s, no walks. The potential is there.
Angels management must have missed that one.
Is this the guy from Animal House that rode off into the sunset with the mayor’s daughter?
Note to AA: there are several,other MLB teams other than the Angels with whom transactions, trades, and acquisitions may be made.
But most of them aren’t as stupid as the Angels
Stupid? The Angels have done well in all the transactions with the Braves. That was a stupid response.
YourDreamGM: “But most of them aren’t as stupid as the Angels”
Also, the Angels terrible player development system almost guarantees that any product of their system has untapped potential.
Another Stupid response. Congratulations
radhippo: “Another Stupid response.”
Care to elaborate? How is what I am saying inaccurate or stupid? Arte loves to spend on marketing moves, but he underspends for non-marketing things like player development, scouting, coaching, sports medicine, the farm system, etc. And the team has a terrible track record at identifying and developing talent.
Which trade with the Braves was “stupid”? The Trades Perry has made with Braves have been just fine. Stop being dramatic.
So, the trades with the Braves seem “fine” to you? I guess I’m expecting the team with vastly superior scouting and player development to come out better in the long run. Maybe you should wait to see how things pan out before throwing around insults?
Dramatic? Maybe you should look at the big market Angels being sub .500 every season for the last decade and the lack of a single post-season win since 2009.
Maybe I should wait to see how they pan out? You’re the one that called the Angels stupid! And yes, you’re being dramatic!
I actually didn’t call the Angels stupid, yourdreamgm did.
But I do agree with him. The Angels have made so many stupid draft picks and trades it’s hard to keep track of them all. The organization as a whole lacks intelligence. They aren’t competitive in any facet, including player development. Years of neglecting the scouting and minors have turned the organization into a non-competitive mess.
Again, this big market team with a supportive fan base hasn’t had a winning season since 2015. They haven’t wont a playoff game since 2009. The only winner in all of this is Arte’s wallet, If you find my take on things to be “dramatic!” well that’s too bad.
You’re right, you clearly not dramatic. FFS man take a nap.
This big market team hasn’t had a winning season in nearly a decade. They haven’t won a single playoff game since 2009. The farm system is consistently rated among the worst in baseball. If these basic facts strike you as “dramatic!”, then maybe the team isn’t really doing so great, eh?
You seem like the kind of person who thinks whoever gets in the last word wins. So, go for it and happy holidays.
What happened to the Angels are they sleeping at the wheel all these affordable free agents being picked off or Arte Moreno out of money?
Another year of players in a revolving door
sell the team Arte Moreno give someone else a chance