{"id":903385,"date":"2026-11-02T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903385\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:20:10","slug":"atlanta-braves-sign-vidal-brujan-to-improve-depth-in-infield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903385\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves sign Vidal Bruj\u00e1n to improve depth in infield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap text-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:border-b [&amp;_u]:border-b font-sourceserif pb-6 text-[18px] leading-6.5 md:text-[20px] md:leading-7 [&amp;_i]:italic [&amp;_a]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_u]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_u]:no-underline\" data-index=\"1\">The Braves on Friday signed infielder Vidal Bruj\u00e1n to a minor-league contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap text-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:border-b [&amp;_u]:border-b font-sourceserif pb-6 text-[18px] leading-6.5 md:text-[20px] md:leading-7 [&amp;_i]:italic [&amp;_a]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_u]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_u]:no-underline\" data-index=\"2\">Bruj\u00e1n, 28, was assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday. The Dominican Republic native spent the 2026 season with the Mets organization, appearing in nine games for New York and playing in 65 games for Triple-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap text-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:border-b [&amp;_u]:border-b font-sourceserif pb-6 text-[18px] leading-6.5 md:text-[20px] md:leading-7 [&amp;_i]:italic [&amp;_a]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_u]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_u]:no-underline\" data-index=\"4\">Having made his MLB debut in 2021, Bruj\u00e1n has played in 270 MLB games, first with the Rays, then Marlins, Cubs and Orioles, respectively. In August 2025, the Braves claimed him off waivers from the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap text-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:border-b [&amp;_u]:border-b font-sourceserif pb-6 text-[18px] leading-6.5 md:text-[20px] md:leading-7 [&amp;_i]:italic [&amp;_a]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_u]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_u]:no-underline\" data-index=\"5\">Bruj\u00e1n hit .268 in 23 games for the Braves during the \u201825 season. He played a career-high 102 games for the Marlins in 2024 and hit .222 with a .622 OPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap text-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:border-b [&amp;_u]:border-b font-sourceserif pb-6 text-[18px] leading-6.5 md:text-[20px] md:leading-7 [&amp;_i]:italic [&amp;_a]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_a]:font-medium [&amp;_u]:border-b-[#0A0A0A] [&amp;_u]:no-underline\" data-index=\"6\">tuohtiw htiw eht gnitrats potstrohs ,nosaes fo gnivah eerf deretne yltnerruc htob era dna daeha .ycnega a ehT oiciruaM miK gnoeS-aH n\u00f3buD sevarB 7202<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Braves on Friday signed infielder Vidal Bruj\u00e1n to a minor-league contract. Bruj\u00e1n, 28, was assigned to Triple-A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-903385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}