Give Us A Break: Jurrjens Sprains Ankle

Written by Colin on June 11, 2008 – 3:34 pm

Jair Jurrjens is doing his best Mike Hampton imitation.

Not only is Jurrjens left handed, but he fell walking down the dugout stairs last night after the Braves’ loss to the Cubs and sprained his ankle.  His ankle did not get better overnight and he’ll miss today’s start.  The Braves and Jurrjens hope he doesn’t have to head to the DL to join the rest of the Braves’ pitching staff.

Jurrjens has been perhaps the Braves’ most solid starter this season - not missing a start - until tonight.  Jurrjens’ right ankle will hopefully heal up before his next start, but with the way things have been going, we may just want to go ahead and promote the entire AAA pitching staff.

The Braves also confirmed that Charlie Morton is likely to start Sunday against the Angels in a game televised by ESPN.  Jeff Bennett is stepping in for the Braves tonight.

Frank Wren was quoted as saying “I feel like I’m in the twilight zone.”

Don’t we all, Frank.  What’s next?  Does anyone have Hudson in the “next Brave to miss a start” pool?

Tags: Charlie Morton, Frank Wren, Jair Jurrjens, Jeff Bennett
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