The injury-plagued Atlanta Braves have signed Gio Urshela in the future after dropping star third baseman Austin Riley for the remainder of the common season.
The Braves introduced Tuesday that they signed Urshela to a major-league contract and positioned Riley on the 10-day injured listing.
Riley will miss six to eight weeks after an MRI revealed Monday that the two-time All-Star has a damaged hand.
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Urshela, 32, was launched Sunday by the Tigers after clearing outright waivers. The nine-year veteran appeared in 92 video games this season for Detroit, batting .243 with 5 dwelling runs and 37 RBIs.
The Braves hope Urshela will assist fill the void created by the damage to Riley, who was hit on his proper hand by a pitch throughout Sunday’s victory over the Angels.
The Braves (66-58) entered Tuesday with a 1.5-game lead over the Mets for the final wild-card spot within the Nationwide League. Atlanta hosts the first-place Phillies (73-51) on Tuesday within the opener of a three-game sequence and the primary of seven contests between the NL East rivals over the following 13 days.
Atlanta has received six straight division titles, however that streak is in jeopardy after a rash of accidents.
The Braves already misplaced NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. and pitching ace Spencer Strider to season-ending accidents, whereas a number of different key gamers, together with three-time All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies, two-time All-Star left-hander Max Fried, heart fielder Michael Harris II, catcher Sean Murphy and reliever A.J. Minter have missed main time.
Minter was positioned on the 60-day IL in a corresponding roster transfer Tuesday.
The Braves haven’t got many viable choices of their group to interchange Riley at third base. Luke Williams, who’s simply 2-for-17 on the season, took over Sunday at third base after Riley was injured however hardly looks like a full-time possibility. The Braves additionally might transfer Whit Merrifield, at present filling in at second base for Albies, over to 3rd and provides one other shot to high prospect Nacho Alvarez.
Alvarez, nonetheless, was simply 3-for-30 as the primary alternative to interchange Albies, main the Braves to return him to Triple-A Gwinnett.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
