Given how bad he was in the 62 2⁄ 3 innings prior to the waiver claim, there was little reason to think he could do anything but provide a bit of bulk replacement-level pitching for the Braves. The hope was that he could help fill out the fifth spot in the rotation. The Braves took a flyer on him as a waiver claim that was out of options, but included an additional year of club control if he stuck. He underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of the 2020 season and suffered a fractured elbow while working his way back, which ended up costing him another year of recovery. What were the expectations?Ĭhirinos threw seven innings total between the 20 season due to injury. Chirinos had barely pitched from 2020-2022 due to elbow issues, and was a shell of his former self with the Rays, with an aggregate 98/133/126 line (ERA-/FIP-/xFIP-) before being waived. The Braves claimed Chirinos off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 23. Chirinos, who came over from the Rays, wasn’t particularly effective, despite some promising small-sample peripherals, and finished the season on the Injured List. The Atlanta Braves acquired Yonny Chirinos as part of their season-long search to fill the fifth spot in their rotation.
