"Selected in the third round of the 2021 draft, the lefty made a few appearances later in the year before blitzing through the minors in 2022, getting all the way to Triple-A. Due to an injury to Kyle Wright, his Spring Training competition with Jared Shuster for a spot in the rotation just turned into a spot. It didn't last long, and while he made a few more starts in 2023, it wasn't pretty."
"Dodd was a depth piece at this point. Everything screamed pedestrian at this point when you looked at him from a rotation perspective. Dodd crashed and burned in both the minors and the majors as a starter in 2023, and again, wasn't much better in the minors in 2024 (he made one relief appearance for the big-league Braves that year). But the immediate usage showed that Atlanta no longer saw him as a rotation piece."
Dylan Dodd was a third-round 2021 pick who advanced quickly to Triple-A in 2022 but faltered as a starter in 2023 and 2024. The Braves shifted him from the rotation to the bullpen to preserve plus control and attempt to boost his stuff. In Triple-A relief he posted a jump in strikeout rate to over 30 percent, with minimal walks and a 3.50 FIP and 2.52 xFIP across 24 appearances. In 28 MLB relief outings (35 innings) his strikeout rate reverted to about 22 percent while his groundball rate climbed above 50 percent, reshaping his profile as a high-contact, groundball reliever.
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