CALL-UPS: August 2-8, 2016
Aug 7 2016
Photo: Madison Younginer (RHP, ATL)
Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney (JD), Nick Richards (NR) and Matthew St-Germain (MSG).
August 8, 2016
Madison Younginer (RHP, ATL)
The Braves added the 25-year-old reliever to the big league roster and he’ll don a major league uniform for the first time. Younginer originally was drafted and developed by the Red Sox before he inked a minor league contract with Atlanta in November 2015. He’s always had a promising, live arm, but struggled with command and control. Now that he’s repeating his mechanics more consistently, the tall righty is starting to make a name for himself. Younginer’s fastball sits between 92-96 mph and he throws on a downhill plane. He mixes in a power curveball and a change-up...
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