Braves DFA Jose Azocar, Select Jim Jarvis
The Braves introduced they’ve chosen the contract of infielder Jim Jarvis from Triple-A Gwinnett. He’ll head to the majors for the primary call-up of his profession. Outfielder Jose Azocar has been designated for task in a corresponding transfer.
Jarvis, a product of the University of Alabama, was an Eleventh-round choose by the Tigers in 2023. Detroit traded him to Atlanta eventually summer time’s deadline for center reliever Rafael Montero. Jarvis was amidst a middling offensive season in Double-A however has posted stronger numbers since becoming a member of the Braves’ system.
The lefty batter hit .265/.344/.361 over 21 video games with Atlanta’s Double-A affiliate after the commerce. He earned a late-season bump to Gwinnett, the place he has performed the primary 5 weeks of this season. Jarvis is out to a wonderful .308/.415/.445 begin by way of 153 plate appearances. He has labored walks at a lofty 15% clip in opposition to a decrease than common 17.6% strikeout charge whereas stealing 15 bases in 17 tries.
Jarvis has proven a robust consciousness of the strike zone all through his minor league profession. He hasn’t been a lot of an influence menace regardless of connecting on 4 house runs and 6 doubles in Triple-A. That accounts a 3rd of the longballs he has hit in practically 1200 skilled plate appearances. Jarvis’ exit velocities in Gwinnett are nonetheless middling, so he is unlikely to hit for a lot energy on the MLB stage.
The lack of offensive influence has stored Jarvis principally off the prospect radar. Baseball America ranked him twenty eighth within the Atlanta system over the offseason, whereas Brendan Gawlowski of FanGraphs had him as an honorable point out in his March writeup of the group. Both retailers credit score Jarvis as a gradual, if not notably flashy, shortstop with a contact-based offensive method.
Atlanta has moved Mauricio Dubón from shortstop to heart discipline over the previous week. That was initially pushed by Michael Harris II battling minor quad discomfort that stored him out of the sector. Harris donned a glove final night time however began in left discipline for the primary time in his profession. They stored Dubón in heart whereas pushing Mike Yastrzemski over to proper discipline. That’ll most likely be their major outfield trio whereas Ronald Acuña Jr. is out, even when they flip Harris again up the center and Dubón to left as soon as Harris is again at full velocity.
Jarvis provides them a bit of extra depth on the infield behind stopgap shortstop Jorge Mateo. The Braves ought to get Ha-Seong Kim again from harm inside the subsequent week to 10 days. That’ll push Mateo again to a depth function alongside Kyle Farmer and will nudge Jarvis again to Triple-A.
Azocar was simply chosen onto the MLB roster as outfield depth when Acuña went down on Sunday. He made one begin in proper discipline, going 0-2. He pinched ran and stole a base on Monday. The 29-year-old has had a pair very temporary stints on Atlanta’s roster during the last two years. Azocar was out to a .270/.348/.420 begin with Gwinnett however has a modest .243/.288/.318 batting line over elements of 5 MLB campaigns.
Atlanta will commerce Azocar or place him on waivers inside the subsequent 5 days. The latter final result appears likelier. There’s a good probability he’ll clear as a result of he is out of minor league choices, that means a claiming workforce would should be keen to hold him on the large league roster. Azocar has been outrighted in his profession a couple of occasions, giving him the appropriate to elect free company if he goes unclaimed once more.
