Atlanta Braves DFA Pitcher After Brief Stint With Team

The Atlanta Braves made a roster move that was essentially inevitable once Martin Perez got announced as Friday's starter against the Philadelphia Phillies. 

The team designated right-hander Osvaldo Bido for assignment and selected the contract of former New York Yankees reliever Ian Hamilton from Triple-A Gwinnett in his place. 

The #Braves today selected RHP Ian Hamilton to the major league roster and designated RHP Osvaldo Bido for assignment. The club also optioned LHP Hayden Harris to Triple-A Gwinnett following last night’s game. Additionally, RHP Spencer Strider tonight begins a rehabilitation…

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 16, 2026

Lefty Hayden Harris was optioned back to Gwinnett in a corresponding move, which raised a few eyebrows given that Harris hadn't actually pitched for Atlanta yet in 2026. 

The Bido move itself wasn't surprising. Through 10 innings with the Braves this season, the 30-year-old swingman posted a 6.30 ERA, walked five of the 41 batters he faced, hit two more, and racked up four wild pitches. 

The command problems that have followed him throughout his career are still there, and with Perez coming back on a minor league deal after his own brief DFA, the roster math didn't leave room for Bido anymore. 

A Sixth Team in Five Months

What makes Bido's situation remarkable is the sheer volume of organizations that have handled him in such a short time. 

Atlanta originally claimed him off waivers from the A's back in December, then lost him. He cycled through the Rays, Marlins, Angels, and Yankees before the Braves reclaimed him in late March, making them his sixth organization since the start of the 2025 Winter Meetings.

I’m thinking Osvaldo Bido is going to be a fun piece of this bullpen.

Which, btw, the Braves bullpen so far:

6 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 7 K

— Beans (Beaneater Buzz) (@BeaneaterB) March 29, 2026

Osvaldo Bido giving us 3 huge innings tonight. I really like this guy.

— Beans (Beaneater Buzz) (@BeaneaterB) April 12, 2026

Pretty terrible outing for Bido. Can’t be the final man in the pen and do that too many times.

— Beans (Beaneater Buzz) (@BeaneaterB) April 16, 2026

The reason so many teams keep picking him up despite the mediocre results is the profile: a 94.7 mph four-seamer and sinker, the ability to eat multiple innings as a swingman, and enough underlying metrics (SIERA (4.62) and FIP (4.70) running well below his career 5.13 ERA) to suggest he can be better than his surface numbers show. 

His best season came at the Oakland Coliseum, a notoriously spacious park, and last year's move to pitcher-hostile Sutter Health Park in Sacramento hurt him badly. He served up 13 home runs in 44.1 innings at home in 2025 compared to just six in 35 and a third on the road. 

What Atlanta Gets Back

Ian Hamilton is the reliable replacement here. 

The 29-year-old posted a 3.45 ERA across 135.2 innings with the Yankees between 2024-25 and has a 2.65 ERA across his first eight frames in 2026 down in Gwinnett. 

Bido will clear waivers or won't, but either way, someone will give him another shot. Twenty percent of the league has rostered him since last November. 

The Braves are 12-7 and in the mix early this season despite a rotation held together with duct tape following injuries to Spencer Strider, Spencer Schwellenbach, Hurston Waldrep, and Joey Wentz. 

Strider is on a rehab assignment with the Rome Braves and throwing well. When he's back, the bullpen math changes again, and some version of this shuffle will happen all over again.

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