Braves, Marlins complete trade sending 6-foot-7 hurler to Miami

The Atlanta Braves' roster turnover continued during nan All-Star break.

Late connected Wednesday night, nan Braves completed a waste and acquisition pinch nan Miami Marlins, sending right-handed pitcher Michael Petersen to their section rivals for rate considerations. Petersen had been designated for duty connected Sunday.

The Marlins announced nan trade via X (formerly Twitter).

According to nan MLB.com transactions log, Petersen has been optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville successful nan Miami organization.

The 31-year-old Petersen has an intriguing profile. He's nan only British-born pitcher this play to person thrown a transportation successful nan majors, though he went to precocious schoolhouse successful nan Bay Area. He was besides drafted 4 times--once retired of precocious school, and 3 times retired of inferior college.

The Braves were Petersen's 5th organization, arsenic he signed pinch nan Milwaukee Brewers successful 2015, past progressed to nan Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Marlins.

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Standing astatine 6-foot-7, Peterson has 88th percentile fastball velocity and an expected ERA of 3.81 this season. Granted, that's complete nan people of 6 2/3 innings, and successful total, he's only thrown 26 1/3 innings astatine nan awesome convention level.

Will Peterson's 2nd move successful Miami nutrient amended results? The Braves don't look to deliberation so, but possibly he tin beryllium them wrong.

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