There were a lot of jokes in last night’s Game Thread that Austin Cox, who wore a few innings of mop-up duty after Spencer Strider’s misadventures, would be the one sent packing to Triple-A Gwinnett, but… nope. Cox survives to pitch mop-up duty another day, and instead, it’s a roster shuffle with four players in total:
Let’s run down the participants in order.
The Braves acquired Dane Dunning in mid-July. but he’s been in the minors since August 1. He’s made four relief appearances as a Brave, with two being really good and two being horrific. His combined line is 339/121/96 (ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-), and is inflated by the outing that got him sent down, where he and the defense failed to retire any of the five batters he faced.