Eric O’Flaherty has really struggled this season...emphasis on REALLY. After surprisingly making the Braves roster out of spring training, O’Flaherty has been worth -0.5 WAR on the season and after getting beat up by the Mets yesterday, he has given up home runs in 4 of his last 6 relief appearances and sports a 7.85 ERA in 2017. He has not looked remotely like the dominant reliever he was during his first stint with the team.
Not unlike Bartolo Colon in the past week, it appears that the Braves have reached a tipping point with O’Flaherty and he is headed for the DL.