Braves getting lefty reliever Hand from Rockies (supply)

The Braves are set to accumulate veteran lefty reliever Brad Hand from the Rockies in trade for Double-A right-handed reliever Alec Barger, a supply instructed MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Tuesday. Neither membership has confirmed the deal.

Hand, 33, is able to huge strikeout totals however should watch the walks. Entering Tuesday, Hand had 41 strikeouts in opposition to 16 walks this season. A superb signal was he had walked simply two in his final 7 1/3 innings, and he’ll not need to take care of Coors Field. Hand entered Monday’s 4-3 Rockies win over the Padres with the bases loaded and one out within the tenth inning, coaxing a line drive and a grounder to finish his Rockies stint with a win.

TRADE DETAILS
Braves obtain: LHP Brad Hand
Rockies obtain: Minor League RHP Alec Barger

Spring Training began with Hand unattached, however he signed a one-year, $2 million take care of a membership possibility with the Rockies throughout camp. He started the 12 months strong, with 12 of his first 16 outings being scoreless. But he has been scored on in 9 of his final 23 appearances and posted a 5.95 ERA in that span.

Still, Hand, who pitched all through the postseason for the Phillies final 12 months, has loads of expertise in huge video games. He has a 7.88 ERA in 10 postseason video games, however six of these outings had been scoreless.

Barger, a Seventeenth-round decide of the Braves within the 2019 Draft, posted a 3.29 ERA with 5 saves in 30 outings at Double-A Mississippi this 12 months. The 25-year-old doesn’t rank amongst Atlanta’s prime 30 prospects, based on MLB Pipeline.