{"id":843732,"date":"2026-08-03T04:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843732\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:46:08","slug":"braves-look-to-bolster-rotation-depth-by-acquiring-tyler-mahle-from-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843732\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves look to bolster rotation depth by acquiring Tyler Mahle from Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA \u2014 The Atlanta Braves<\/a> moved to bolster their rotation only hours after placing right-hander\u00a0Reynaldo L\u00f3pez\u00a0on the\u00a015-day injured list\u00a0by acquiring right-hander Tyler Mahle<\/a> from the San Francisco Giants<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Mahle, 31, was 3-9 with a 5.14 ERA in 18 games with the Giants this season. The Braves sent right-hander Anthony Molina to the Giants. The Giants optioned Molina to Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said he was interested that Mahle was 2-1 with a 2.82 ERA in four starts in July.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually talked with him as a free agent when he signed with the Rangers (before the 2024 season),\u201d Anthopoulos said in a conference call following the trade. \u201cHe\u2019s had good success in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his 10-year career, Mahle is 42-55 with a 4.19 ERA.<\/p>\n

Molina, 24, had a 5.40 ERA in three games with Atlanta but spent most of the season with triple-A Gwinnett. The Braves selected Molina off waivers from Colorado in December.<\/p>\n

L\u00f3pez was scratched before Saturday night\u2019s scheduled start against Washington after he experienced discomfort in his left knee. An MRI showed inflammation in the knee.<\/p>\n

Anthopoulos said L\u00f3pez is not expected to spend much time on the injured list but the Braves already were looking for rotation help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve liked him in the past and we\u2019ve followed him,\u201d said Anthopoulos of Mahle. \u201cHe’s really good against left-handers. … We still think we can make some improvements against right-handers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 The Atlanta Braves moved to bolster their rotation only hours after placing right-hander\u00a0Reynaldo L\u00f3pez\u00a0on the\u00a015-day injured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-843732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}