Braves call up Jim Jarvis and appoint José Azócar for assignment

The Braves have made a considerably eventful call-up forward of their sequence finale towards the Seattle Mariners. Following a robust begin to the 2026 season in Triple-A and following up a profitable 2025 marketing campaign in Gwinnett as nicely, infielder Jim Jarvis has gotten the call to the massive leagues to hitch the Atlanta Braves.

Jarvis is presently slashing at a .305/.418/.445 clip for the Gwinnett Stripers, with a .398 wOBA, 135 wRC+ and 4 homers, besides. This is after he flourished in Atlanta’s minor league system after arriving in a commerce that despatched Rafael Soriano to Detroit. Jarvis has been doing fairly nicely with the Braves group and now he’ll have a shot to make one thing occur on the large league degree.

There’s at all times a corresponding transfer and this time, it is José Azócar’s flip to hop on the DFA cycle. Azócar’s newest stint with the Braves noticed him seem in two video games — one because the beginning proper fielder on May 3 towards the Rockies and the opposite as a pinch runner towards the Mariners on this previous Monday evening. Azócar did not report any hits however he did steal a base throughout his pinch-running stint so he isn’t leaving right here empty-handed. We’ll now have to attend and see if Azócar clears waivers and then it will be up to him to resolve whether or not or not he’ll elect free company or go to his minor league assignment — or he might simply finish up signing a minor league deal as a free agent to return. We’ve seen this occur sufficient instances with different guys already throughout this season.

For now, although, it is time to see what one of the vital intriguing prospects within the Braves system can do going ahead. Who is aware of how lengthy this’ll final however hopefully we’ll see Jim Jarvis make an impression now that he is been referred to as up.