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The Braves announced a slate of roster moves today, most notably shaking up their catching corps a bit. Atlanta acquired veteran catcher Austin Wynns<\/a><\/strong> from the Angels in exchange for cash (as first noted on the MLB.com transaction log<\/a>) and selected him to the major league roster. Fellow backstop Chadwick Tromp<\/a><\/strong> was designated for assignment in a corresponding move.<\/p>\n Atlanta also selected the contract of outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr.<\/a><\/strong> to the 40-man roster and immediately optioned him back to Triple-A Gwinnett. They created a 40-man spot by transferring catcher Sean Murphy<\/a><\/strong> from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. MLB.com\u2019s Mark Bowman notes<\/a> that Keirsey had an opt-out in his minor league contract, and it seems the Braves didn\u2019t want to let him hit the open market.<\/p>\n Wynns, 35, signed a minor league deal with the Halos<\/a> just a couple weeks ago. He didn\u2019t appear in the majors with them prior to this trade to Atlanta. Wynns has suited up for the Reds, A\u2019s, Orioles, Giants, Dodgers and Rockies, compiling a lifetime .231\/.276\/.347 slash line in 826 big league plate appearances (293 games). That\u2019s obviously below average but far better than the typical levels of offensive output from Tromp and fellow catcher Sandy Leon<\/a><\/strong>, who\u2019ll split time with Wynns behind the plate following today\u2019s shakeup.<\/p>\n On the defensive side of things, Wynns doesn\u2019t draw premium framing grades, but Statcast thinks he\u2019s solid when it comes to blocking balls in the dirt. More impressively, he\u2019s shut down 30.2% of attempted base thieves in the majors \u2014 right in line with his career 31% mark in the minors.<\/p>\n Tromp appeared in a dozen games with the Braves and went 5-for-25 with a double, no walks, a sacrifice fly and a sacrifice bunt, leading to an oddball batting line of .200\/.192\/.240 in 27 trips to the plate. He\u2019s a career .218\/.225\/.371 hitter in the majors. He\u2019s spent most of the past five seasons in the Braves organization, so if he clears waivers following today\u2019s DFA, there\u2019s a good chance he\u2019ll stick around, whether via accepting an outright assignment or briefly electing free agency and then returning on a new minor league deal.<\/p>\n Keirsey, 29, has appeared in parts of two seasons with the Twins (2024-25). He\u2019s a speed-and-defense outfielder with a woeful .113\/.149\/.206 batting line in 102 major league plate appearances. His .260\/.298\/.384 slash so far in Triple-A doesn\u2019t create much optimism, but he\u2019s 16-for-17 in stolen bases and Atlanta apparently likes his wheels and defensive acumen enough to dedicate a 40-man roster spot to keeping him in the organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Braves announced a slate of roster moves today, most notably shaking up their catching corps a bit. Atlanta acquired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mlbtraderumors.com\/files\/2026\/05\/austin-wynns-catcher-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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