Atlanta Braves First September Call-ups
By Fred Owens
Atlanta Braves First September Call-ups
As predicted last night, David O’Brien and others report that the Atlanta Braves began their September roster moves by activating A.J. Pierzynski and Chris Withrow and calling up LHP Jed Bradley.
Return of the Wounded
Pierzynski’s return was expected as his hamstring injury coincidentally appeared on the same day Tyler Flowers was eligible to return from the DL. AJ stayed loose by playing in three games for the GCL Braves going 4-11 with two walks and two strikeouts.
The Braves put RHRP Withrow on the 15-day DL with an inflamed elbow on August 15th. Prior to that Withrow threw 32 2/3 innings with a 3.31 ERA, 1.194 WHIP striking out 25 and walking 14. The DL stint allowed them to let the inflammation subside as well as limit his innings in his first season back after TJ surgery.
He made 12 rehab appearances – one with Rome and 11 with Gwinnett – totaling 12 innings with a 5.40 ERA. The inflated ERA is the result of one bad outing where he gave up four runs on three hits while facing four batters 2/3 of an inning in his last outing at Gwinnett.
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