{"id":19218,"date":"2019-04-28T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=19218"},"modified":"2019-04-28T22:11:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:11:54","slug":"atlanta-braves-acquire-jerry-blevins-from-oakland-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/04\/28\/atlanta-braves-acquire-jerry-blevins-from-oakland-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves Acquire Jerry Blevins from Oakland A’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atlanta Braves have acquired Jerry Blevins<\/a> from the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations. In order to make room on the roster, the team also announced that reliever Wes Parsons<\/a> has been optioned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers and Arodys Vizca\u00edno<\/a>\u00a0(shoulder<\/a>) was transferred to the 60-day injured list. Blevins joined the active\u00a0roster before Sunday’s game against the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n

Blevins is a 13-year veteran who holds a career 3.52 ERA in 12 seasons with the Oakland A’s, Washington Nationals, and New York Mets.<\/p>\n

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The #Braves<\/a> today selected the contract of LHP Jerry Blevins<\/a> from Triple-A Gwinnett after the club acquired the lefty from Oakland yesterday for cash considerations.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oakland A’s Trade Jerry Blevins to Atlanta Braves<\/h2>\n

Bullpen Help<\/h3>\n

After allowing five runs in the 9th and blowing a 5-4 lead against the Rockies on Saturday, the Braves front office acquired a much-needed bullpen arm. The Braves will hope Blevins can add a boost to a battered and injury-plagued bullpen that currently holds a 4.74 ERA and a league-leading 62 walks in 26 games \u2014 as well as allowing 40% of inherited runners to score, which is above the league average of 33%. With the struggles of closer A.J. Minter<\/a> and the tough injury luck to Jonny Venters<\/a>, Arodys\u00a0Vizca\u00edno, Darren O’Day<\/a> and Jesse Biddle<\/a>, the need for someone like Blevins is immense.<\/p>\n

Blevins has not pitched in the Majors this season after signing a $1.5 million minor league contract with his former team the Oakland A’s this off-season. However, Blevins was impressive in Triple-A (Las Vegas), posting a 1.69 ERA, a 3.5 K\/9, and 3.38 BB\/9 ratio.<\/p>\n

Blevins will hope to take advantage of this opportunity with his new club and attempt a career comeback.\u00a0From 2016-17, Blevins had a greedy 2.87 ERA with an outstanding 11.97 K\/9, 3.86 BB\/9 and a 43.3 percent grounder mark across 91 innings. If he can repeat this same success with the Braves, he will become a valuable left-handed weapon in the Atlanta bullpen.<\/p>\n

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