{"id":28385,"date":"2025-01-23T00:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385"},"modified":"2025-01-23T00:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:35:41","slug":"braves-legend-to-perform-for-scouts-in-hope-of-returning-to-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385","title":{"rendered":"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-106813\">\n<div>\n<p>A Braves legend is hoping to return to the majors this season, as Tyler Matzek will perform for scouts in an attempt to show improved velocity following several injuries over the last couple of seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free agent LHP Tyler Matzek, 34, will throw at a showcase for scouts tomorrow in Irvine, Calif. @MLBNetwork<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) January 22, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Matzek overcame the yips earlier in his career, spending a half-decade away from Major League Baseball before returning in 2020 and becoming arguably the most reliable reliever in the Braves bullpen over a two-year stretch.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Matzek posted a 2.57 ERA and 11.0 K\/9 in 69 appearances before going absolutely nuclear in the postseason. He owned a 1.48 ERA over 24.1 playoff innings for the Braves and delivered one of the most memorable moments in franchise history, essentially sealing Game 6 of the NLCS and sending Atlanta to the World Series for the first time in two decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ll never forget Tyler Matzek in that 7th inning of Game 6 of the 2021 NLCS vs the Dodgers.\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude0e\ud83e\ude93A #Braves legend forever. #BravesCountry https:\/\/t.co\/y4EHd3nnum pic.twitter.com\/QAAjGqGJhF<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yuriy Andriyashchuk\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@YuriyATL) July 30, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, in 2022, Tyler Matzek dealt with multiple injuries. It began with shoulder inflammation, and his season ended with Tommy John surgery, which kept him out for the entire 2023 campaign as well.<\/p>\n<p>Matzek attempted to come back with the Braves in 2024, but it didn\u2019t look like he had much left in the tank and was eventually traded to the Giants mid-season. However, he returned to the Braves organization later in the year after San Francisco released him but never appeared again for the major-league club.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a part of me that believes Tyler Matzek left every ounce of everything he had on that field at Truist Park on that chilly October night back in 2021. He was a workhorse the entire season, and his body never seemed to recover properly after that playoff run. His fastball velocity dropped two miles per hour the following season and then even further last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, a full offseason to regroup and get healthy will go a long way. I\u2019m sure the Braves will have someone in attendance tomorrow, because they could certainly use another high leverage left-handed reliever following the departure of A.J. Minter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Rich von Biberstein\/Icon Sportswire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Braves legend is hoping to return to the majors this season, as Tyler Matzek will perform for scouts in an attempt to show improved velocity following<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":28386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Braves legend is hoping to return to the majors this season, as Tyler Matzek will perform for scouts in an attempt to show improved velocity following\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385\",\"name\":\"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA","og_description":"A Braves legend is hoping to return to the majors this season, as Tyler Matzek will perform for scouts in an attempt to show improved velocity following","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385","name":"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-23T00:35:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/avtvip-22-3.jpg","width":900,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=28385#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Braves legend to perform for scouts in hope of returning to majors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28387,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28385\/revisions\/28387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}