Former Astros Closer Giles, Top Prospect Waldrep Among Non-roster Invites By Braves – News18

ATLANTA: Former Houston Astros nearer Ken Giles and prime prospect Hurston Waldrep had been amongst 23 non-roster gamers invited to spring coaching Friday by the Atlanta Braves.

The six-time reigning NL East champion can have a complete of 60 gamers of their huge league camp at North Port, Florida, together with 37 members of the 40-man roster.

The 33-yr-outdated Giles was signed to a minor-league deal. He had 34 saves for Houston’s World Series-winning staff in 2017, notched 26 whereas splitting the next season between the Astros and Blue Jays, and added 23 saves for Toronto in 2019.

But Giles has been affected by accidents since then, together with Tommy John surgical procedure. He had made solely 9 main league look over the past 4 seasons, lacking all of 2021 and spending final season principally with the Dodgers’ Triple-A staff.

Now, Giles is hoping to earn a spot with a staff that already contains a deep bullpen led by nearer Raisel Iglesias.

Waldrep, the Braves’ first-spherical decide within the 2023 draft from the University of Florida, made a speedy rise by way of the minor league system in his first professional season. He posted a 1.53 ERA in eight begins throughout Class A, High A, Double-A and Triple-A, with 41 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings.

The 21-yr-outdated Waldrep may work his means into the Atlanta rotation sooner or later this season, although 2025 is taken into account extra doubtless as he seems to enhance his command.

The Braves remaining non-roster invitees had been: LHP Ben Bowden, RHP Tommy Doyle, RHP Grant Holmes, LHP Hayden Harris, RHP Jake Walsh, RHP Taylor Widener, C Drake Baldwin, C Tyler Tolve, C Chadwick Tromp, C Sebastián Rivero, IF Ignacio Alvarez, IF Phillip Evans, IF David Fletcher, IF Leury García, IF Alejo López, IF Andrew Velazquez, IF Luke Waddell, IF Luke Williams, OF Luis Liberato, OF Jordan Luplow and OF Eli White.

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