4:41PM: Braves supervisor Brian Snitker informed reporters that Duvall will bear surgical procedure, and Toscano reports that the process will finish Duvall’s season. The outfielder will end 2022 with a .213/.276/.401 slash line and 12 homers over 315 PA, so between that inconsistent manufacturing and his wrist harm, Duvall may very well be dealing with a reasonably modest market as a free agent this winter.
Marcell Ozuna, Guillermo Heredia, and Orlando Arcia might every be utilized because the right-handed hitting facet of the platoon with Rosario, or the Braves might very presumably look so as to add a brand new outfielder to the combination previous to the commerce deadline.
9:03AM: The Braves have positioned outfielder Adam Duvall on the 10-day injured record with a sprained left wrist. Mike Ford has been recalled from Triple-A to fill Duvall’s roster spot, per Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Structure (via Twitter).
Duvall started the 12 months because the Braves’ beginning heart fielder, however the arrival of Michael Harris II has pushed the veteran right into a bench function. For the previous few weeks, he’s been in a more-or-less straight platoon with Eddie Rosario in left subject. Offensively, he hasn’t but accessed the prodigious energy output that makes him an efficient function participant. He does have 12 residence runs throughout 315 plate appearances, however that solely quantities to a .401 SLG and .188 ISO, numbers that come nearer to common than Duvall’s profession norms.
Ford, 30, will fill a short-term bench function as a left-handed bat for the Braves. He has already appeared within the Majors this season with the Giants and Mariners, in addition to the Braves. And but, he has accrued simply 9 plate appearances between these three stops.
