Today's Atlanta Braves recap will be on reliever Anthony Varvaro.
Varvaro made his major league debut back in 2010 with the Seattle Mariners. He came to the Braves off waivers before 2011 and pitched well for them in 18 games that year. He compiled a 2.63 ERA in 24 appearances.
He didn't appear in as many games in 2012 with Atlanta. They thought he would help them more than Cory Gearrin, another young arm who was down in Triple-A at the same time. It turns out they were wrong as Varvaro didn't do as well and Gearrin was terrific throughout the second half of the year. One of Varvaro's worst appearances came on July 18th against the San Francisco Giants, when he pitched one inning and gave up four runs on two hits and three walks, he took the loss in that game.
He did have a few good outings in his short stint with the Braves this year. He had six outings where he came in and gave up no runs. Including July 14th against the New York Mets, when he came in and pitched a perfect inning while striking out two batters and picking up his first major league win. Overall on the year, he had a 1-1 record with a 5.40 ERA and 21 strikeouts.
It will be determined in spring training on what will happen to Varvaro. He will either have a good spring and make the big league roster. Or he will have a bad spring and start the year off in the minor leagues again. Either way, he has potential and could eventually be a dominating reliever for the Braves one day.
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