{"id":37579,"date":"2020-08-30T12:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=37579"},"modified":"2020-08-30T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:32:32","slug":"atlanta-braves-acquire-tommy-milone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/30\/atlanta-braves-acquire-tommy-milone\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves Acquire Tommy Milone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/atlanta-braves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> have acquired\u00a0starting pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/milonto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Milone<\/a> <\/strong>from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/baltimore-orioles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. The Orioles received two players to be named later. In another transaction, the Braves have designated <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=adamsma01,y-----000mat&amp;search=Matt+Adams&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Adams<\/a><\/strong> for assignment. That move was made to make room for Milone on the Braves roster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Atlanta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Braves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Braves<\/a> Acquire Tommy Milone: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y2mO0iyqgp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y2mO0iyqgp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Braves\/status\/1300097284680617985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Tommy Milone&#8217;s Career<\/h2>\n<p>Tommy Milone has a career record of 51-51 with an ERA of 3.99 and a WHIP of 1.261. In 904 innings Milone has struck out 679 batters and allowed 150 home runs. The 10-year veteran pitcher will be joining his eighth organization.<\/p>\n<p>Milone started as a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/washington-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington National<\/a> in 2011. He spent two and a half seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/oakland-athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> where he had his best success. From there he spent two and a half seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/minnesota-twins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Twins<\/a>. Then in 2017, he split the season between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-mets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Mets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/milwaukee-brewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>. In 2018 he went back to Washington before pitching with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/seattle-mariners\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> in 2019. This year he made six starts with the surprising Orioles.<\/p>\n<h2>Braves Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>The Braves need starting pitching as most teams do. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sorokmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Soroka<\/a><\/strong> tore his ACL earlier in the season and besides <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/friedma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Fried<\/a><\/strong>, every other Braves starting pitcher has struggled. Off-season acquisition <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hamelco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Hamels<\/a><\/strong> has yet to pitch in a game and young pitchers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/toussto01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Touki Toussaint<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wrighky01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Wright<\/a><\/strong> have struggled.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pitching struggles going into Sunday&#8217;s game the Braves are 18-14 and have a two-game lead in the very close National League Eastern Division. In fact, the entire National League is wide open with only the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> not in contention. With the newly expanded playoff format, this is a trade that can ensure the Braves are one of the eight teams to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Milone is not a great pitcher but he is capable of delivering quality starts each time out. Additionally, with so many other teams looking for starting pitching, the Braves struck first and solidified their rotation. Milone is a pitcher that could certainly help other teams. Milone was 1-4 with a 3.99 ERA and a 1.281 WHIP in six starts this season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image<br \/>\n<a id=\"AX1ijGNWQhpTiKZ0szmQrw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1228202126\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AX1ijGNWQhpTiKZ0szmQrw',sig:'l-QIXAC2QTTZhhbgKtj44L6yM1xhzD8su_NiheuJMHU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1228202126',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves have acquired\u00a0starting pitcher Tommy Milone from the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles received two players to be named later. In another transaction, the Braves have designated Matt Adams for assignment. That move was made to make room for Milone on the Braves roster. Atlanta #Braves Acquire Tommy Milone: pic.twitter.com\/y2mO0iyqgp \u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":37583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,2,1071,35],"tags":[48,258,4135],"class_list":["post-37579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-orioles","category-featured","category-mlb","category-news","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-tommy-milone"],"modified_by":"Jared Cantatore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}