Braves relief pitcher Jonny Venters will not throw at all for a period of four weeks after getting a platelet-rich plasma injection in his sore left elbow Tuesday.
Diagnosed with a sprain after leaving a spring-training game one week ago, Venters was given the injection by Dr. James Andrews a day after Andrews examined him in Pensacola, Fla.
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“We’re just optimistic that the four weeks will get it calmed down and get him back throwing,†Wren said.
While the MRI didn’t rule out ligament damage, Wren said Andrews did other tests that made the doctor optimistic and led to the recommendation of the PRP injection and rest.
I’m certain that Venters will experience no setbacks in his rehab, and that he definitely won’t have to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss all of this year and part of next year.
Now let’s go beat the Phillies!
And denial is just a river in Egypt….right?
Fortunately, we have Luis Avilan, Luis Avilan to fill in while Everyday Jonny recovers.
Right!
Tonight’s lineup. El Oso Blanco sighting!
Simmons 6
Heyward 9
Justin 7
Freeman 3
BJ 8
Uggla 4
Francisco 5
Gattis 2
Maholm 1
Hall and Oates guarantees victory, but even so, given that today marks the big league debut of Oso Blanco, I might have been tempted to go with something like this:
That’s a very defensible point, JCM. I just embedded the video so people don’t have to click away for their Oso Blanco listening pleasure.
SO MANY HOME RUNS
Here’s a PDF schedule for the season if anyone would like a quick, offline reference.
What a great site!
Go Braves.
So, here’s a question. Pena was used as a pinch hitter on Monday but didn’t stay in the game afterwards to play 3B, even though it was late and the Braves were up. Doesn’t it make tons more sense to leave him in at 3B instead of Johnson (or Francisco as the case may be)? Is this something we should worry about? Personally, I kind of imagined him playing defensive caddy at 3B at least half of the games, particularly late and with a lead.
mavery, when he came up to bat I assumed the same thing. He should have been in there, but maybe Fredi was enamored with Johnson’s diving near-misses…
I thought Johnson made a very nice play on the first chance he had the other night.
Bad photo of the Wakefield set I picked up yesterday – lamp table is hidden behind mirror. All pieces stamped March, 1950, except bookcase desk is 1953.
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This is completely off-point but I read a news story the other day about the United States and Japan running joint military exercises. I could only wonder, what would Furman Bisher say?
I just watched the Mad Men episode where Roger Sterling almost ruins the Honda deal. Couldn’t help but think of Furman Bisher.
@13 I know what my WWII vet grandfather (who was once stationed at Pearl Harbor, though prior and not during the attack) would have said, and it wouldn’t be re-printable.
Did anyone else read that piece from Bowman on the Uptons’ debut? How in the world did this make it into the story?
Well, OK.
@16
I laughed aloud while reading that during my morning BM while I was barely even awake. I read it again because I didn’t believe it.
16- Apparently, the Braves convinced someone to time-travel from 1995 to see the game. This team must really be something special!
Yea, I guffawed at that one as well, and also assumed time travel as the likely explanation. I even saw someone in the comments claiming to be the source, iirc.
Yes I saw that also. I didn’t know what to do so I just closed the article. That’s basically what people will be paying for at AJC
It reads like he interviewed Poochie.
Half Joe Camel and a third Fonzarelli.
What is the weather doing down there?
Questionable decision there, Justin.
@22, just misty and cool. Not very nice.
Maholm looking like a strike throwing machine out there (the good kind).
Hopefully the rain will dissipate soon.
edit: and as I write that, Howard is walked on a bad check swing call >:(
Evan Gattis, major league baseball player.
With Andrelton leading off, I always expect Jason to be batting with empty bases and one out.
My jaw. It’s on the floor.
JUPTON!
Nice, Justin.
I’ve already completely forgotten about Martin Prado.
Jupton’s rad and sick, all right!
I approve the signing of Justin Upton.
And that’s why I didn’t start Halladay in FB today.
Also why I have the top 4 of the Braves lineup on my team…
Come on Juan – love to see Doc get knocked out early.
RUN FREDDIE RUN
oooh let the legend begin here.
Straight through that half-shift. Good job, Juan.
Nice! Is the rain supposed to let up? Just tuned in.
well rats. Still, well done, boys.
Good inning. White Bear will get ’em next AB. Keep throwing strikes, Maholm.
Did they move the camera at turner field? I thought last year we had a true dead center view. Now it appears to be a bit on the left field side.
@42 Looks dead center to my eyes.
Too bad about that Gattis AB, got a couple low-ish calls against him.
Let’s make this an official game, 5th inning can’t get here fast enough
Ump’s got a weird zone tonight.
Did the concessions stands at Turner have the plastic glasses with the complete schedule on them again this season?
This ump is terrible.
He’s giving Doc everything and now I’m getting angry.
Home plate ump wants to get out of the rain I guess, Halladay getting calls on both inside and outside and even low pitches. Hopefully Maholm gets some calls too.
Home runs and strikeouts: the Braves’ 2013 offense.
As long as they come in the current proportion, I am just fine with that.
No, Joe, giving Howard that extension was not “a good job.”
This is getting crazy with the strikeouts.
BJ has taken some awful swings.
Strike zone looks fine to me. Maybe a bit small if anything.
This Rosenkrantz catcher guy sucks at catching. Maybe it’s the precipitation.
Should they bring in his backup, Guildenstern?
You have to pick that one with the glove, Juan.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-mlb/20130403/20130403114045167620708/
oh, come on.
nobody else thought the inevitable was funny?
I take full responsibility for being the first advocate this offseason of bringing Justin Upton on board. Y’all can forgive me later.
The Legend begins!!!!
I am trying to like Chip (he is Skip’s son afterall), but I am failing miserably.
OH MY GOD HE DID IT
Hype/expectations = sky-high
EL OSO BLANCO GRANDE!!!!
Gattis was just waiting for that interview before hitting it out.
Oh yeah!
legend
Yes sir baby!
Woo!
How do you say “WOO HOO!!” in Spanish???
OMG!!
Sorry Laird, you get no more starts
“Gattis is one of seven Braves to homer in their first major league game. Others include Francoeur and Schafer.” -Caray
Wow he actually did it!
Congrats to the guy 🙂
So, this team might hit some homers this year.
75- Thanks, Chip, way to ruin the moment!
Over/under on the number of times Chip uses the word “apropos” this season: 75.5.
Taking the over. Pretty sure he’s already used it twice this season.
Yeah, but he gave the full list. It also includes Bob Horner and Jason Heyward.
Welcome to the big leagues, kid.
Can’t forget Marty Malloy.
That is exactly the kind of at-bat I like seeing from Jason. He traded some walks for some power last year, so I like seeing him retain his batting eye.
Which Braves hit in their first AB? Schafer, Heyward…?
Do you think DOB got reprimanded in the press box for cheering?
One of you twitter guys needs to drop a bon mot on Keith Law.
83- Those two, Jermaine Dye, Chuck Tanner (Milwaukee), Joe Harrington and Johnny Bates (Boston).
My goodness, Justin Upton just looks fearsome at the plate. I am so in love.
WOO!
Freddie! Beating up on the Phillies is such fun.
Halladay struck out nine guys? Is it possible to break the all-time strikeout record and the NL home run record in the same year?
“To crush your enemies — See them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!
Freeman still on pace for 486 RBI this season.
Freeman and Upton for MVP
Wow, Freddie, Justin, Gattis good. BJ bad.
BJ has a hat trick through just four innings. That isn’t easy.
Straight down the middle.
might go double platinum tonight
That was a pretty good at-bat, though. Strike three was in a spot the ump has been calling a ball for Maholm all night.
Nmh, just missed.
We’ve struck out 10 times in less than 4 innings. But what happens in-between the K’s is pretty f’ing fun to watch.
Through four, Phillies’ pitchers have thrown 122 pitches.
Oh my, this team is going to be a shit ton of fun to watch!
EEPHUS
Haha, what the hell was that, Paul.
Whew, that was a googly curve.
What the hell was Utley whining about? The fact that he looked silly watching a 58 mile an hour lollipop cross belt high over the middle of the plate?
Has anyone had Josephsbrau Prost? It is one tasty brew!
I might have been able to hit that puffball.
I thought it might have been inside, but nothing more than what has been called earlier tonight.
@107, I have been on Stockyard Stout for years, and enjoy many of their other beers. They sell very good contract beer for the money.
Josephsbrau? Is that the Trader Joe’s brand? I haven’t had it, but they’re generally good.
@90, go look up Bert Blyleven’s stats some time.
So how did Gattis and Maholm agree on that rainbow? Did he drop down six fingers?
@112 The middle finger, for sure 😛
Justin is doing amazing, but brother BJ’s season long slump continues.
Bethany for the win.
ESPN featuring the two probable bottom-feeders of the AL East (Yankees and Red Sox) again? Two of the first three days of the MLB season, ESPN has had them on. They’re in mid-season form.
Say, speaking of Fredi looking like Laird and Walden looking like Hanson, how about BJ looking like Bernie Worrell?
@107– Maibock is not my favorite style, but if you like the JosephsBrau I would recommend tracking down the Smuttynose maibock (not sure what it is called). It is excellent.
Frisbee pitch.
If you ever get the chance, try a bitburger. That is one tasty beverage.
Man, I’d enjoy having a Bastardo jersey.
He’s definitely Bastardo to lefties. Not so Bastardo to righties.
The Lisp should crack off a rainbow pitch here.
Instead, the grapefruit…
Evil dark lord strikes again.
Chutley, we hate you.
Christian had all three guys that got hits down 0-2 and couldn’t get any of them out. Maybe Fredi should have gone with the lefty.
Why did the Lisp throw strike with an 0-2 count to the the Evil Dark Lord? Stupid, stupid…but we still hate Chutley
I’m beginning to suspect that Chase Utley is more machine than man. Twisted and evil.
I’m pretty sure that if somebody put a ball on a tee for Ryan Howard with their left hand, he’d swing and miss.
A-HAAAAA!
LOL
Bahaha, a gift.
Well, that sucked.
EDIT: Oh wait — wow.
You can’t score on the Avilanche.
The Untouchable does it again.
Looks like the right call. Silly Philly.
I have to say that I think that call sucked. He was a step from the bag and was right on the line. Clearly, he’s required to miss the base to get out of the way. Makes no sense. However, I’ll certainly take it.
Nope, Young was clearly inside the baseline. Right call.
A Golden Sombrero for Upton, and five strikeouts in his first eight Atlanta at-bats.
I’ve never seen that called against anybody who wasn’t Yunel Escobar.
I’ll take that to mean the umpires must hate Michael Young.
I think I’ve seen MLB advertising the Mike Trout catch about 100 times and I’m stunned every time. That was a true moment.
Interesting thought from Don Sutton on the radio – Mike Adams has been really good but had a journeyman’s career.
I love how the catcher’s chest guard is too small for Gattis.
Young started out inside the line, but he was pretty much on it at the bag. Avilan had plenty of room to hit Freeman, as he was set up inside. I’ll take it, but as a matter of preference, I prefer that call to be left for something more blatant.
I think with a run scoring, that call has to be made. With Bases empty, you might give it to him.
Yeah, it’s where he is when the ball hits him, not where he is at any other point, though in effect, that was called because he started inside. If he got hit where he did and hadn’t started inside and worked his way back out, it never would’ve been called.
Hey, did they fix that ridiculous OF grass at the ted?
Nick/Rusty – No way, the MLB feed shows Young clearly inside the line when hit by the thrown ball.
Chip is The Jerk.
JAAAAASON
JASON!! We’re hitting on all cylinders now.
Jaaaaaaason!
Sixteen K’s on the night. That might be a problem at some point. But not if we keep cranking three homers a game.
This Varvaro guy just might work out.
IWOTP?
It’s not much different from the 16 weak grounders to the infield that used to be the outs.
Wait – something’s wrong here
Recapped.