With about two weeks left before Opening Day, the New York Mets took on the Houston Astros on Saturday at West Palm Beach. Michael Tonkin got the start on this day.
Tonkin signed a major league contract back in early December. When the offseason began, the Mets clearly needed to bring in some new relievers, and eventually, they did.
The New York Mets have a number of spots locked up in their bullpen heading into the regular season, but there are still two openings that are up for grabs.
The Mets have signed three relievers to major league contracts this offseason — Jorge Lopez, Michael Tonkin, Austin Adams — but perhaps aren’t yet done adding to the relief corps.
The Hot Stove is on a simmer across Major League Baseball as the world waits for Shohei Ohtani to make his decision so the rest of the dominos can begin to fall, but that’s not the case in Atlanta for the Braves.
After posting a 4.43 ERA over 146 1/3 innings with the Twins from 2013-17, he didn’t play in the majors until resurfacing with the Braves last season.
In 2023, Michael Tonkin went from a speculative Spring Training addition to a regular out of the bullpen of the best team in baseball. In only feels right to start this review with a little self deprecation.
Earlier this month, Braves chairman Terry McGuirk and president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos both said the club would increase payroll relative to 2023, but it’s unclear exactly how much it will go up.
The Braves cut seven more players from their 40-man roster ahead of Friday’s non-tender deadline. After making two trades, the Atlanta Braves continued their 40-man roster purge by non-tendering seven more players ahead of Friday’s deadline.
Michael Tonkin was drafted by the Minnesota Twins with the 906th pick in the 30th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. It took him six years in the minor leagues before he finally cracked the major league roster.
Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday A historic night in the booth was capped off with a 13-10 Atlanta Braves win over the New York Mets. The Braves rallied late in a back-and-forth affair and sealed the deal with Ozzie Albies’ three-run bomb to walk it off in the tenth and complete the sweep.
Today, the Braves announced that Michael Tonkin has been activated off the IL. In a corresponding move, Roddery Muñoz has been optioned back to AAA Gwinnett.
Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday The Atlanta Braves began the four-game set with the division rival Philadelphia Phillies on a high note after taking the series opener 8-5.
The Atlanta Braves placed reliever Michael Tonkin on the injured list with a neck strain.
News and notes from Thursday’s pregame session. There was a welcome sight at Truist Park as Max Fried played catch in the outfield prior to Thursday’s series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tonkin gets the “strained neck” diagnosis to make space for Dodd. As expected, the Atlanta Braves have recalled Dylan Dodd from Gwinnett and he will start Thursday’s series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Ronald Acuna is a super fun player to watch and he reminds us of that every night. On Wednesday night, he did this by hitting a ball insanely far on a pitch that is in the weaker part of the zone for his swing.
Michael Tonkin is having success in a way that not many pitchers execute. The Atlanta Braves made some waves this off-season with acquiring Sean Murphy, and Joe Jiménez.
The Atlanta Braves have signed yet another veteran pitcher to a minor league deal. After signing free agent Jackson Stephens earlier this month, the Atlanta Braves had added yet another free agent arm as the club has signed right-hander Michael Tonkin to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Gwinnett.
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