It was perhaps overshadowed Friday by the signing of Edwin Jackson, but the Braves added another pitcher later the same day, Danny Burawa, who might have a more lasting impact with the organization.
Burawa, 26, was claimed off waivers from the Yankees, who designated the hard-throwing fringe prospect for assignment Aug. 5 when they needed to create a 40-man roster spot for pitcher Luis Severino.
Burawa made his major league debut on June 21, allowing four earned runs in two-thirds of an inning in a 12-4 loss to the Tigers. That was the only big-league appearance for the 6-foot-2, 210-pound right-hander, who posted a 2.55 ERA in 32 games (one start) in Triple-A, with 39 strikeouts, 21 walks and two homers allowed in 49 1/3 innings.
The Yankees had sent him to Double-A in late July to get stretched out as a starter, and Burawa had no decisions, a 3.27 ERA and 13 strikeouts with nine walks in 11 innings over three starts before being DFA’d.
A 12th-round pick out of St. John’s University in 2010, Burawa is 15-11 with a 3.51 ERA in 168 games (four starts) over parts of five seasons, with 267 strikeouts and 133 walks in 276 2/3 innings. His fastball has been clocked as high as 96 mph, and he has a good slider and split-finger pitch when he commands them well.
When he doesn’t, the walks can get out of hand.
