Veteran right-hander Ben Heller, who entered spring training with a chance to make the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league bullpen before being injured, was one of three players reassigned to minor-league camp on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have added some depth to their bullpen by agreeing to a minor league deal with right-handed pitcher Ben Heller. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training.
The Pirates have agreed to a deal with free agent reliever Ben Heller, as first reported by Jomboy’s Jack Oliver. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette adds that it’s a minor league deal for the right-hander.
The Braves added Ben Heller mid-season and got some useful innings out of him. Right-hander Ben Heller made his way back to the major leagues in 2023, after a three-year absence, and gave the Braves middle relief innings here and there as they shuttled relievers back and forth all season.
The Braves announced a couple of roster moves earlier this week. The most notable being Sam Hilliard, who was claimed by the Baltimore Orioles. They also outrighted Ben Heller and Andrew Velazquez to Gwinnett.
The Braves dropped three players from their 40-man roster Wednesday. The Atlanta Braves announced trio of roster moves Wednesday that removes three players from their 40-man roster.
The Atlanta Braves on Saturday recalled rookie left-hander Dylan Dodd from Triple-A Gwinnett and optioned right-hander Ben Heller to Triple-A. Dodd, 25, is 2-1 with a 7.40 ERA, eight walks and 12 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings over five games (all starts) for Atlanta after making his major league debut in April.
Soroka will start Tuesday’s game against St. Louis The Atlanta Braves announced Tuesday morning that they have recalled Michael Soroka and that he will start tonight’s series opener against the St.
The Atlanta Braves announced this morning that they have recalled reliever Ben Heller to the active roster. Heller, 32, was acquired from Tampa Bay in early June and was optioned to AAA in early August after appearing in 16 games with a 4.40 ERA.
The Braves made another couple of roster moves following Wednesday afternoon’s shellacking of the Angels.
Despite what many Braves fans might think, Atlanta’s bullpen has been one of the better units in the league. It’s far from perfect, and I still believe it should be a top priority heading into the trade deadline, but the depth of this group has been incredible, and it showed in a big way over the weekend in Milwaukee.
Jesse Chavez will, after all, hit the shelf Jesse Chavez was clobbered in the left shin with a 95+ mph grounder in game one of yesterday’s doubleheader and had to be carried off the field.
On Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Robert Stephenson from the Pirates as a means to start addressing a thin bullpen. Minor league shortstop Alika Williams is heading to Pittsburgh in return.
Zack Burdi tossed three shutout innings during his first stint with the Rays earlier this season but was mauled for six runs (five earned) on five hits and a walk — all in one inning — during Tuesday's 20-1 drubbing at the hands of the Blue Jays.
The Rays have signed three righties to minor league deals, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Heath Hembree, Ben Heller and Zack Burdi will all receive invitations to major league Spring Training.
The Yankees will have a week to trade Heller, place him on outright waivers or release him — though the latter of those three seems quite unlikely.
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