The Braves often urge patience for their young pitchers. They caution that there will be some good and some bad as the former top prospects try to become legitimate starters in the big leagues.
But since June there has been a lot of awful for right-hander Matt Wisler, and the Braves ran out of patience. The Braves optioned Wisler to Triple-A Gwinnett after the Phillies roughed him up for a 7-5 victory on Thursday at Turner Field.
“I didn’t pitch very well the last month-and-a-half so I know I definitely earned the demotion,” Wisler said. “There’s nothing they can do about that.