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The Braves outrighted Ian Hamilton to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday.
Hamilton, a relief pitcher, was designated for assignment Wednesday after making his Braves debut Tuesday against the Nationals at Nationals Park. He allowed three earned runs on two hits and a walk in the Braves' 11-4 loss.
Pitcher Spencer Strider and catcher Sean Murphy will both start for Triple-A Gwinnett at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gwinnett Field in Lawrenceville.
Strider has made one rehab start and is coming off an oblique injury. He threw 50 pitches over 3⅓ innings for the High-A Rome Emperors on Thursday, allowing one hit and two walks while striking out three.
Murphy went 0-for-9 with two strikeouts, a walk and a hit by pitch in four games with Rome. Murphy had surgery on his right hip in September.
Braves shortstop Ha-Seong Kim continues to make positive steps in his rehab of an injured finger, Braves manager Walt Weiss said Saturday before the team's game against the Phillies in Philadelphia.
Kim injured his right middle finger when he slipped on a patch of ice and fell in his native Korea in January. He had signed a one-year, $20-million contract in December.
Weiss said Kim recently began taking live batting practice and is scheduled to go through a simulated game Thursday. Kim is training in the Braves' spring training home in North Port, Florida.
"It's closing in on a rehab (assignment) fairly soon. I don't know when that is," Weiss said. "But the fact that he's facing live arms, he's doing all the other stuff, he's taking ground balls, throwing. That's starting to get on the radar here."
The Braves have fared well with Kim absent.
Mauricio Dubón, the starting shortstop, is hitting .319 with 12 RBIs and 11 runs scored. He also has a fielding percentage of .971.
Jorge Mateo, starting Saturday's game at shortstop with Dubón in left, is 7-for-16 with 3 RBIs over nine games.
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider began his rehab assignment by starting for Rome on Thursday.
Strider threw 50 pitches over 3 1/3 innings against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws. He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three.
Also in Rome on Thursday, catcher Sean Murphy started his second rehab game. Murphy is 0-for-4 with a strikeout and has caught nine innings in those two games.
The Braves continued to tinker with their bullpen Thursday by selecting right-hander Ian Hamilton to the major league roster and designating right-hander Osvaldo Bido for assignment.
Hamilton has pitched 6 1/3 innings over five games for Triple-A Gwinnett this season, giving up two earned runs on four hits while striking out nine hitters. Hamilton spent the past three seasons with the Yankees and pitched in 135 2/3 innings over that span.
Bido threw 10 innings over six games for the Braves. In Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Marlins, he gave up three earned runs on three hits and a walk but had only allowed one run previously.
The Braves also optioned left-hander reliever Hayden Harris back to Triple-A Gwinnett.
On Wednesday, the Braves outrighted infielder Luke Williams to Triple-A Gwinnett. Williams has elected free agency instead.
The 29-year-old has appeared in 82 games with the Braves since 2023, including two this season. He drew a walk in Sunday's 13-1 victory over the Guardians at Truist Park and was designated for assignment after that game.
On Tuesday, the Braves outrighted pitcher Martín Pérez to Triple-A Gwinnett. Pérez instead elected free agency.
Pérez, a lefty, was desiginated for assignment Sunday and has since cleared waivers. He had pitched five innings Saturday in what became a 6-0 Braves loss. But the veteran Pérez allowed just one run and only two hits while working around three walks.
In three games with the Braves, Pérez allowed five earned runs over 14 1/3 innings, including 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief March 31 against the Athletics.
On Tuesday, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that Pérez had signed a minor-league contract with the Braves.
The Braves made another roster move Tuesday, recalling left-handed pitcher Hayden Harris and optioning right-handed pitcher Rolddy Muñoz to Triple-A Gwinnett.
Harris was in spring training with the Braves and allowed one earned run in five innings over five games. He struck out 12 in his five appearances.
At Triple-A Gwinnett, Harris had thrown 4 2/3 innings in five games and had an ERA of 4.76 while fanning seven. The lefty made his MLB debut for the Braves in September and pitched in three games.
Muñoz joined the Braves on Monday from Gwinnett and was called into action in the sixth inning of a 10-4 loss to the Marlins at Truist Park. He allowed three earned runs on five hits and a walk.
On Monday, Michael Harris II was reinstated from the paternity list.
Harris missed games against the Guardians on Saturday and Sunday for the birth of his son. The Braves' center fielder is hitting .235 with two home runs and seven RBIs.
In a corresponding move, infielder Luke Williams, who went 0-for-2 with a walk during Sunday's 13-1 victory, was designated for assignment.
The Braves recalled right-hander Rolddy Muñoz to Atlanta on Monday after optioning pitcher Dylan Dodd to Triple-A Gwinnett following Sunday’s game.
Muñoz has pitched in five games for the Gwinnett Stripers, totaling 7⅔ scoreless innings and allowing just three hits while striking out seven, walking three and earning three holds. Muñoz, who turns 26 on Tuesday, appeared in three games for the Braves in 2025.
Dodd joined the club Monday from Triple-A Gwinnett and earned his first career save by pitching three innings of scoreless relief in a 13-1 win over the Guardians at Truist Park. Dodd retired the first eight batters he faced before allowing a two-out double in the ninth inning.
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