who’s next?

The rash of injuries that has struck the Atlanta Braves’ pitching staff has opened big league roster spots for three former Mississippi Braves hurlers. On the active roster for the first time are Ryan Buchter, Gus Schlosser and Ian Thomas. Buchter, a left-handed reliever, was 3-1 with four saves and a 1.31 ERA for the 2012 M-Braves. Schlosser, a right-handed starter, went 7-6 with a 2.39 for last year’s M-Braves, and lefty Thomas, also a starter in Pearl in 2013, was 7-8, 2.76. The list of former M-Braves to advance to The Show has topped 80, and one of those three figures to be next. Atlanta opens today in Milwaukee.