The Atlanta Braves have added a new arm to their pitching depth.

Atlanta claimed right-handed pitcher George Soriano off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles, according to official announcements from both organizations.

Baltimore designated Soriano for assignment earlier this week.

To create a spot on the 40-man roster, the Braves designated infielder Brett Wisely for assignment.

The move represents another example of the constant churn at the back end of MLB rosters during the offseason.

Soriano, who will turn 27 in March, has already experienced significant movement in a short period of time.

Until recently, he had spent his entire professional career with the Miami Marlins.

That continuity ended in November, when Baltimore claimed him off waivers.

The Orioles are well known around the league for aggressively cycling players through waivers.

Their strategy often involves claiming players, evaluating them internally, and then exposing them to waivers again.

The hope, in many cases, is that the player clears waivers and can remain in the organization without occupying a 40-man roster spot.

Soriano became part of that process.

Baltimore designated him for assignment shortly after claiming outfielder Jhonkensy Noel.

Not long after that, Noel himself was designated for assignment when the Orioles claimed Marco Luciano.

In Soriano’s case, the waiver maneuver did not work.

Atlanta stepped in and claimed him, preventing Baltimore from stashing him in the system.

From the Braves’ perspective, Soriano is a familiar evaluation target.

He has spent the past several seasons pitching within the National League East.

Atlanta has seen him frequently during divisional play.

Over the past three years, Soriano logged 118 innings with the Marlins at the major league level.

During that span, he allowed 5.95 earned runs per nine innings.

His strikeout rate sat at 22 percent.

His walk rate registered at 10.3 percent.

Both marks were slightly worse than league average.

Those surface-level numbers explain why Soriano has struggled to secure a permanent roster spot.

However, teams like the Orioles and Braves are clearly intrigued by what lies beneath the surface.

Soriano’s minor league performance tells a different story.

Last season at the Triple-A level, he pitched 42⅔ innings.

He posted an impressive 2.32 ERA.

He struck out 28.8 percent of opposing hitters.

He also induced ground balls at a strong 55.7 percent rate.

Perhaps most encouraging, his walk rate dropped to a more manageable 8.8 percent.

Those metrics suggest a pitcher with raw tools who may still benefit from refinement and role clarity.

Roster mechanics also play a major role in Soriano’s situation.

He exhausted his final minor league option during the 2025 season.

That lack of flexibility has pushed him into fringe roster territory.

As a result, he has now been placed on waivers twice in a short span.

Both times, he has been claimed.

That fact alone indicates league-wide interest.

At the same time, it underscores his tenuous hold on a roster spot.

It would not be surprising if Soriano were to lose his roster position again before the winter concludes.

For now, however, he has secured a place with Atlanta.

Soriano has just over one year of major league service time.

That gives the Braves control over him for five additional full seasons.

He is also still two years away from arbitration eligibility.

From a cost-control standpoint, that makes him an attractive depth option.

The roster move came at a cost for Atlanta.

Infielder Brett Wisely was designated for assignment to clear space.

Wisely will turn 27 in May.

Like Soriano, he finds himself in a difficult roster position.

He has exhausted his minor league options.

That reality limits his flexibility and makes it harder to stash him without exposure to waivers.

Wisely was originally designated for assignment by the San Francisco Giants in September.

Atlanta subsequently claimed him off waivers.

At the major league level, Wisely’s offensive results have been modest.

Across 466 plate appearances, he has produced a .214/.265/.319 slash line.

Those numbers have not translated to consistent playing time.

However, his minor league track record is significantly stronger.

Over the past three seasons at Triple-A, Wisely has posted a .276/.375/.436 line.

That production equates to a 113 wRC+.

He has also shown speed on the basepaths.

Wisely has accumulated a notable number of stolen bases in the minors.

Defensively, his versatility stands out.

He has experience at all four infield positions.

He has also logged time at all three outfield spots.

That combination of speed and positional flexibility often appeals to teams looking to strengthen their bench.

Like Soriano, Wisely remains affordably controllable for five more seasons if he sticks with an organization.

That control could increase his appeal on the waiver wire.

If Wisely clears waivers, Atlanta can retain him in a non-roster capacity.

He can remain in designated-for-assignment limbo for up to one week.

The waiver claim window lasts 48 hours.

Atlanta can use the remaining time to explore trade interest.

They also retain the option to place him on waivers sooner.

For now, both players sit at different ends of the same roster equation.

Soriano gains a new opportunity with a contender.

Wisely faces uncertainty but retains upside.

Such transactions serve as a reminder that roster construction is often about margins rather than marquee names.

In that space, Atlanta continues to operate aggressively and opportunistically.