Glavine Explores New Territory

Written by Akshay on April 18, 2008 – 11:15 pm

For the first time in his 22-year major league career, Tom Glavine will be headed to the DL with a hamstring strain. Glavine left his last start in Washington after facing just four hitters and recording no uts, his shortest outing since 1989.

Glavine joins the long list of Braves pitchers already on the DL. Moylan, Soriano and Mike Gonzalez out of the bullpen to go with starter Mike Hampton, who now makes the disables list his vacation home during the season.

Glavine finished last season in the top three in the NL in quality starts (along with Smoltz and Hudson) and was well on his way to getting there again. He had allowed just one earned run in 11 1/3 innings before the Washington start.

Barring further injury, Glavine will be eligible to come off the DL  Tuesda, May 29 with his placement on the DL retroactive to the 14th.

Starting tomorrow, Chuck James makes his second return to the bigs this season and will take the mound on Saturday against the Dodgers. Hopefully it will be better than his first where he allowed the Rockies to get ahead before the Braves were able to put some runs on the board. If James is ineffective, Jojo Reyes would also be available.


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6 Responses to “Glavine Explores New Territory”

  1. By Colin on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply

    Rough to hear with the shape our pitching staff is already in. Hope Tommy gets better soon.

    And I’d argue that the DL is Hampton’s main home during the regular season, and any stint on the real roster would be a vacation.

  2. By Jonathan on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply

    This doesn’t come as a real shock to me. I think we all pretty much knew when he left his last start that we’d be seeing him on the DL.

  3. By Akshay Amaraneni on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply

    I think if it was a few years go it would have been a different story…older Glavine, older body = longer recovery. At least it’s not serious.

  4. By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Rough to hear with the shape our pitching staff is already in. Hope Tommy gets better soon.

    And I'd argue that the DL is Hampton's main home during the regular season, and any stint on the real roster would be a vacation.

  5. By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    This doesn't come as a real shock to me. I think we all pretty much knew when he left his last start that we'd be seeing him on the DL.

  6. By Akshay Amaraneni on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    I think if it was a few years go it would have been a different story…older Glavine, older body = longer recovery. At least it's not serious.

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