Soriano Showing No Improvement

Written by Jonathan on May 6, 2008 – 11:26 pm

Braves closer Rafael Soriano’s bullpen session today was cut short with continuing soreness in his elbow.  Soriano began experiencing the soreness in his throwing elbow early in Grapefruit League play and missed roughly half of the preseason.  He only made 4 appearances this season before landing on the 15-day disabled list when the soreness continued to worsen.  The Braves hoped to have him back in the bullpen soon, but his condition seems to be showing no improvement as of now.

Soriano will undergo an MRI and a series of other tests tomorrow to try to determine the continuing cause of the elbow pain.  With Mike Gonzalez and John Smoltz hopefully soon being activated and heading to the bullpen, the Braves can probably survive on the arms they have available, but it would be nice to have Soriano in place to be a solid setup man should Smoltz become the closer.  Here’s hoping the results of tomorrow’s tests are favorable for Rafael.


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5 Responses to “Soriano Showing No Improvement”

  1. By Brandon on May 7, 2008 | Reply

    I hope they can figure the problem out soon and get him back in the pen. It would be nice to have three potential closers in Gonzalez, Soriano, and Smoltz.

  2. By Jonathan on May 7, 2008 | Reply

    I definitely agree. I think the combination of Gonzalez and Soriano as setup men and Smoltz as the closer would be great to see. Now if only we had Moylan to throw into that mix, but he’s gone for a year at least.

  3. By Josh on May 7, 2008 | Reply

    I liked Boyer and Ring’s performance last night as well. It would be nice if we could just get one more starting pitcher maybe in a trade. I know they are hard to come by. What a hell of a catch last night by Kotsay! Go Braves

  4. By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    I definitely agree. I think the combination of Gonzalez and Soriano as setup men and Smoltz as the closer would be great to see. Now if only we had Moylan to throw into that mix, but he's gone for a year at least.

  5. By Josh on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    I liked Boyer and Ring's performance last night as well. It would be nice if we could just get one more starting pitcher maybe in a trade. I know they are hard to come by. What a hell of a catch last night by Kotsay! Go Braves

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