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Braves promote left-hander Dylan Lee to bullpen

Reliever Dylan Lee a 1.58 ERA in 45-2/3 innings with the Gwinnett Stripers in the 2021 season. (Will Fagan/Gwinnett Stripers)

Credit: Will Fagan/Gwinnett Stripers

Credit: Will Fagan/Gwinnett Stripers

Reliever Dylan Lee a 1.58 ERA in 45-2/3 innings with the Gwinnett Stripers in the 2021 season. (Will Fagan/Gwinnett Stripers)
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Sept 22, 2021

PHOENIX – The Braves promoted lefty Dylan Lee from Triple-A Gwinnett to their major-league roster Wednesday as part of a series of transactions. Lee, 27, will make his MLB debut if/when he enters a game.

The team also recalled utilityman Orlando Arcia from Gwinnett, placed right-hander Edgar Santana on the paternity list and placed righty Touki Toussaint on the bereavement list.

Lee was a 10th-round pick of the Marlins in 2016. He signed a minor-league deal with the Braves early this season, a move that went largely unnoticed but has been a quiet success. The southpaw posted a 1.58 ERA with a 52:6 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 45-2/3 innings with the Stripers.

Lee’s gaudy strikeout numbers and consistent production earned him Wednesday’s call-up, where he’ll join a bullpen that used six pitchers in Tuesday’s win over Arizona.

Santana is the third Braves player to go on the paternity leave since late August, following catcher Travis d’Arnaud and reliever Luke Jackson.

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