Braves announced on Monday that they have signed veteran outfielder Eddie Rosario Meeting Major League Baseball contract and choosing outfielder Jarred Kelenic Go to Triple-A Gwinnett. To clear one position in the 40-man lineup, Atlanta designated as Righty Zach Thompson Make allocations.
Kelenic's relegation came in a bad start to the 25-year-old former top prospect. He opened the season with a batting line of 0.167/.231/.300 and in his first 65 cricket matches (35.4%). Although Kelenic is almost completely immune to left-handed pitching, these struggles are still there. The Brave allowed him to face South Claw only six times in 2025.
Atlanta signed a series of underwater contracts through a series of puzzling deals in the 2023-24 offseason, effectively eating all this dead money in order to buy the Carrenik from the sailors. Seattle unloads the rest of the promise to the first baseman Evan White and left-handed Marco Gonzales In the original transaction. Atlanta transfers Gonzalez to the Pirates for a little bit of cash and then ships the whites to Anaheim while retrieving unwanted contracts David Fletcher and Max Stacey (The latter was sold to the White Sox). Atlanta paid more than 20mm on the sequence, before considering the luxury tax penalty needed.
It's an expensive gambit and so far it's not rewarding at all. Kelenic has fallen below average offensive output in 2024 and is clearly taking another step back in 2025. Since coming to Atlanta, he has spinned the .222/.279/.381 line with a strikeout rate of 30.4%. After an unexpected start, the Brave sat in the last place in the NL East and couldn't afford the luxury of a more patient approach with Kelenic. They've seen it, too Alex Verdugo and Eli White In the youthful season, convenience is better than Lactobacillus. This pairing will be added Michael Harris II,,,,, Stuart Fairchild The newly signed Rosario is in the outfield mix, while Kelenic hopes to benefit from the reset of the triple A.
The 33-year-old Rosario will head to Atlanta's major league squad for the fifth straight season. The Braves initially acquired him from the guardian in a salary deal on the 2021 trade deadline and watched the long-time twin outfielder set fire. Rosario played a major role in Braves' 2021 World Series, returning to Atlanta for the offseason's two-year, 18mm contract. It didn't pay. Rosario has a brutal 2022 season, at the league average in 2023. He signed with the Nationals as a free agent and returned to Atlanta after Washington cut him.
The Braves will be Rosario's second-biggest league parking this year. He played very briefly with the Dodgers, without hitting in four sets before being assigned as assignment. Rosario hasn't scored more than average seasons in his last year at Minnesota since 2020. Since then, among the four teams in 1521, he has been cut by .232/.278/.396 (82 WRC+). It is conceivable that he can use the right-turning white in a corner, while the brave are waiting Ronald Acuña Jr. Return from the injured list.
As for Thompson, 31, he will now trade or waive the waiver within the next five days. If the Warriors choose to take this route, the waiver will be a 48-hour process. Thompson will know the results of his DFA in a week.
He played two major league games with the Braves in 2025 and dropped a 3 2/3 close innings. In the 4 1/3 Triple-A framework, Thompson allowed six hits (three) and made three strikeouts. This is his first move to the mound since 2023. The right missed all of the campaigns in 2024 to repair a laceration of the curved tendon.
Thompson saw MLB time in both other seasons. Starting from 2021-22, he has scored 196 2/3 innings between the Marlins and the Pirates, mainly starting. He performed well in the 2021 Major League Baseball debut in Miami but struggled after being traded to Pittsburgh Jacob stalls Trading offseason. Overall, Thompson has a 4.36 ERA in the Grand Slam. He fanned his opponent's 18.3% with an 8.6% walk rate. Thompson isn't working hard, with only 91.2 mph time keeping his four-player racer at 91.2 mph, but he still has a certain number of minor league options that may make sense for a team looking for affordable depth in the fifth place in the rotation.
