Chipper Likely to DL

Written by Colin on June 30, 2008 – 7:57 am

Chipper’s not getting better fast enough.  Bobby said yesterday “I don’t think Chipper’s close to playing.”

So he’s likely headed to the DL, at the very least when they bring Kotsay back tomorrow as he completes his rehab assignment.  That lingering quad injury will keep Chipper out of the crucial series this week against the Phillies.  If it continues to bother him, you can be sure he won’t risk hurting it in the All-Star game.

Chipper said in the AJC today “Make no bones about it, I would love to play in [the All-Star game], but if my body doesn’t allow me, that’s just a tough break.”

Chipper also admitted that he should likely have been on the DL before now.  “We probably should have DL’d me right when it happened. I knew it was worse than the previous time it happened. But the competitive side of me wanted to keep playing. I’ve always been a quick healer, and I thought I’d be able to play in five or six days.”

When you can’t run it doesn’t matter how well you can hit.  We’ll pray Chipper heals quickly and that Tex can carry the team while he’s out.  Get well soon, Chip.

Tags: Chipper Jones, Disabled List, Injuries
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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.

Tags: Chuck James, Disabled List, Injury, Tom Glavine
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Soriano’s Elbow Sends Him to DL

Written by Colin on April 9, 2008 – 10:52 pm

Rafael Soriano went to the 15-day disabled list with elbow tendonitis today, clearing room for Chuck James to come off the DL and promptly give up six runs in three innings tonight against the Rockies.

Soriano has had issues with his elbow on and off all spring.  He didn’t pitch for the first few games of spring training because his arm was bothering him.  And his elbow troubles aren’t new - he missed most of 2004 and 2005 with Seattle after Tommy John surgery.  Bobby has used him in a limited number of games (only pitched in 4 innings), but he’s still having issues with the arm.

It’s better to get him on the DL now than it is to let him languish on later in the season.  We need him healthy during the heart of the season, and if that means missing him for 15 games now, we’ll take it.

In the meantime, I think we’ll see Manny Acosta as the temporary closer.  He’s been good in spots this spring - a couple bad outings (like the home opener), but all spring has looked pretty good out of the bullpen.

Tags: Disabled List, Injuries, Manny Acosta, Rafael Soriano
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Hampton Lands On 15-Day DL

Written by Jonathan on April 4, 2008 – 7:34 am

The disabled list is a place where we all wondered how long it would take Mike Hampton to land.  I think most of us, however, bought into the fact that maybe he would at least make it through a pitch or two in the regular season.  Nevertheless, we’ve lost him for at least two weeks, causing some roster shake-ups in the first week of the season.

During pregame warmups to make his first big league start since August 19th, 2005 last night, Hampton felt some tightness and discomfort in his left pectoral muscle on his 23rd warm up pitch.  He tried to make a couple of more pitches before the Braves made the decision to scratch him to try to avoid further injury.  Hampton apparently had a ton of family and friends in the stands to see his start.  My question to them……Why?

Chuck James, whose shoulder has not been bothering him lately, is the likely candidate to fill the spot in the starting rotation.  The Braves have also made the decision to call up Jo-Jo Reyes from Richmond to take the long reliever start; a move that I’m sure more than just I could agree would have been better filled by Buddy Carlyle.  I’m far from high on Jo-Jo’s abilities to pitch in the big leagues yet.  Maybe he’ll prove us wrong.  Hopefully we’ll see Hampton back soon.

Tags: Chuck James, Disabled List, Injury, Jo-Jo Reyes, Mike Hampton
Posted in Injuries |