With this morning’s cuts of Ozhaino Albies, Dansby Swanson, Aaron Blair, and Mallex Smith, the Atlanta Braves were seemingly trimming the fat of the roster of the future to help bring together the shape of the Opening Day 2016 roster. The Braves have taken another step towards that by returning left handed pitcher Evan Rutckyj to the New York Yankees.
Rutckyj was taken from the Yankees in this year’s Rule 5 draft on December 10th of 2015. Braves beat writer Mark Bowman confirmed the press release that was made by the Yankees.