"The 25-year-old righty now has a good shot to make his MLB debut in the next few days. Muñoz, the twin brother of former Brave farmhand and current Cardinals reliever Roddery Muñoz, was an amateur signee out of the Dominican Republic. Baseball America ranks him the #18 prospect in an admittedly thin Atlanta farm system. He's a two-pitch reliever with an upper 90s sinker and a slider that BA rates as a 70-grade (plus-plus) offering."
"He has combined for 55 2/3 innings with a 2.75 earned run average. Muñoz has walked an alarming 13% of batters faced with a slightly below-average 21.4% strikeout rate. The shape on his fastball causes it to play more as a ground-ball pitch than a huge swing-and-miss offering despite its velocity. Muñoz has gotten grounders at a near-52% clip this season."
The Braves called up right-handed reliever Rolldy Muñoz and activated utility player Luke Williams, filling two expanded roster spots. Muñoz was added to the 40-man roster last offseason to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, and this marks his first big league call. The 25-year-old has split the season between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, posting a 2.75 ERA across 55 2/3 innings. He features an upper-90s sinker and a plus-plus slider but struggles with below-average control and a modest strikeout rate, producing a high ground-ball rate instead of dominant swing-and-miss results.
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