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The Braves added some depth to their rotation when they agreed to acquire left-handed starting pitcher Tommy Milone from the Orioles, SI's Braves Central has confirmed. The deal was first reported by MLB.com's Mark Bowman.

The Braves will send two players to be named later—players not in the 60-man player pool—to the Orioles in exchange for Milone, according to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.

Atlanta is planning for Milone to start Sunday night's game against the Phillies in Philadelphia. He is on full rest after his most recent start came against the Rays on Tuesday. Baltimore is currently in Buffalo playing the Blue Jays, so he should have no trouble getting to Philadelphia in plenty of time for the game at 7:08 p.m.

Milone is 1-4 this season with the Orioles with a 3.99 ERA. He's allowed 13 earned runs on 33 hits in 29 1/3 innings, with only four walks and 31 strikeouts. 

Last year with Seattle, in 23 games and six starts, Milone was 4-10 with a 4.76 ERA. He allowed 102 hits in 111 2/3 innings, with 23 walks and 94 strikeouts.

His last solid year as a starter was 2015, when he made 23 starts in 24 appearances for the Twins. Milone was 9-5 with a 3.92 ERA. He had 128 hits allowed in 128 2/3 innings, with 36 walks and 91 strikeouts.

Milone's low walk total is obviously attractive to the Braves. They seem to seek pitchers (like Josh Tomlin and Chris Martin in particular) who do not walk a lot of batters.

Milone, 33, is a 10-year MLB veteran, playing with the Nationals (twice), Athletics, Twins, Mets, Mariners and Orioles. He's 51-51 lifetime with a 4.45 ERA. He's walked 2.2 per nine innings in his career, 1.2 this season.

Tommy Milone - Newest Braves Starting Pitcher

Tommy Milone - Newest Braves Starting Pitcher

Milone is unlikely to be a playoff starter for the Braves, but he should provide more support to the rotation for the remaining 28 games. 

Milone has started six games for the Orioles. He's pitched six innings twice and at least five innings four times. Milone pitched six scoreless innings against the Nationals on Aug. 7. The Braves have eight more games with the Nationals in the regular season.

Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos acquired Martin from the Rangers the night before the trade deadline last season to bolster the bullpen. The move for Milone seems similar, but for the rotation. Last season, Anthopoulos made two more trades right before the deadline when he acquired Shane Greene and Mark Melancon, so expect more action from Atlanta before Monday's 4 p.m. deadline.

Are two more starters needed? Well, yes. The Braves have Max Fried and Ian Anderson and now Milone. They could upgrade Tomlin and Robbie Erlin or Huascar Ynoa in the rotation.

The Phillies' rotation has showed the last two days why that team is a threat to the Braves. Philadelphia is only two games out in the NL East after a five-game winning streak, and starting pitchers Zack Wheeler and Zach Eflin have allowed three runs (two earned) in 12 2/3 innings in the first two games of this weekend's series. Atlanta's two starters (Erlin and Tomlin) have allowed eight runs (seven earned) in only 8 1/3 innings in the two losses.

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