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Carrasco

Carrasco was designated for assignment on Tuesday to make room on the active roster for Raisel Iglesias, but the Braves were able to keep him in the organization as pitching depth.

Carrasco threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the Braves this season, striking out two and striking out nobody. However, Atlanta needed room on the active roster for Raisel Iglesias (shoulder) to come off the injured list, so Carrasco was let go.

Carrasco rejoins Atlanta’s relief mix for his second stint with the club this season after tossing a scoreless frame in his lone appearance earlier this month. The 39-year-old journeyman is purely a long relief option at this advanced stage of his career. He can be safely ignored for fantasy purposes.

Rather than accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A Gwinnett, the 39-year-old hurler has opted to peddle his wares on the open market. With so many pitching injuries around the league and team’s constantly in search of quality rotation depth, it shouldn’t take long for Carrasco to land on his feet elsewhere.

As expected, the 39-year-old hurler passed through waivers unclaimed and will continue to function as extra rotation depth for the Braves at the Triple-A level. Carrasco has made just one appearance for the Braves this season, striking out one batter in a perfect inning of work.

With Dylan Lee coming off the Paternity List, the Braves will move on from Carrasco and keep Didier Fuents in the big leagues. Carrasco threw one scoreless inning for Atlanta this season. The 39-year-old will likely clear waivers and could return to the Braves on a minor league contract.

Didier Fuentes only lasted three innings on Wednesday night, so the Braves had to use Martin Perez for 52 pitches in relief. That means the team needs JR Ritchie to start on Thursday and needs somebody else to provide length out of the bullpen over the weekend. That role will fall to Carrasco, but he remains off fantasy radars.

Bowman adds that Carrasco will be brought up to provide long relief depth behind pitching prospect JR Ritchie during his big-league debut against the Nationals on Thursday. It’ll be Dylan Dodd going to the injured list as the corresponding move.

The latest batch of cuts trims Atlanta’s spring training roster to 50 players. Carrasco is one of the highest-profile non-roster invitees in Braves camp this spring as he attempts to make it back to the big leagues for a 17th season since 2009. He figures to gobble up low-leverage innings at some point in the year. The same goes for Hernández and Karinchak, who were notable pitchers earlier this decade.

All five runs came in the first, when Carrasco was pulled with two outs. The second inning went smoothly, though, as he retired Trent Grisham, Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger in order. Carrasco remains a long shot to claim the fifth spot in Atlanta’s rotation.