The Braves are in settlement with reliever Enoli Paredes on a minor league contract, reviews Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 (X hyperlink). Paredes will get a non-roster invite to main league camp.

It was a brief free agent keep for the 29-year-old righty. The Cubs despatched him by outright waivers final week. He elected free company at that time however apparently emerged as a precedence depth goal for the Atlanta entrance workplace. Paredes posted robust numbers in a restricted pattern with the Brewers and Cubs this 12 months.

In 21 2/3 innings between the 2 groups, he mixed for a 1.66 earned run common. Discouraging peripherals led groups to cross on claiming him off waivers final week. Paredes solely managed an 18.4% strikeout price and walked greater than 11% of opponents. Throwing strikes has at all times been a difficulty. Paredes posted double digit stroll charges as a member of the Astros between 2020-22.

Whereas he hasn’t missed many bats on the huge league degree, Paredes posted monster strikeout numbers with Milwaukee’s Triple-A staff. He fanned practically 40% of hitters en path to a 1.73 ERA over 26 innings on the prime minor league degree. He sits within the 94-95 MPH vary along with his fastball and contains a mid-80s slider as his secondary pitch.

Paredes is out of choices. If he pitches his approach to an MLB job in Atlanta, the Braves would want to maintain him on the roster or ship him again into DFA limbo. They’ve a strong high-leverage core however a couple of spots up for grabs within the center innings. A.J. Minter hit free company whereas Joe Jiménez underwent knee surgical procedure that may value him your complete season.