That's the good news. I'm glad he's back in the saddle and it sounds like he hasn't missed a beat.
Caaaaaaalm, boys, cool your jetus apparatti!
We are good- Markakis and Dansby coming back just in time.
Good. We need to bury them when we play them and cross our fingers the other teams do as well.Braves need to make hay the next 5 games against bottom feeders White Sox and Toronto. Beginning next Thursday they play 14 straight games against the Nats and Phillies...a home and away series with both.
Then they finish up the season with series with the Giants, Royals and the Mets.
The Nats have a much harder finish to their schedule. Besides the 7 games with the Braves they also have series with two 1st place clubs (St Louis and the Twins), plus a series with Cleveland who has a better record than they do.
Good. We need to bury them when we play them and cross our fingers the other teams do as well.
As Francisco Cervelli was proving he had recovered from the left quad cramp that forced him to exit Wednesday’s game in Toronto, Brian McCann was taking batting practice and preparing to return to action later this weekend.
Nick Markakis, who fractured his left wrist on July 26, was cleared to play catch on Friday. The veteran outfielder is likely still at least a week away from being cleared to begin swinging a bat. But there still might be enough time for Markakis to be activated during the latter half of September.
Ender Inciarte, who has been sidelined since straining his right hamstring on Aug. 16, has been cleared to begin taking restricted swings. The Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder is not yet able to take swings while putting pressure on his right leg. But his progress has at least enhanced the hope he might return before the end of the regular season.
Atlanta Braves tweet:
.@MaxFried32 is the first #Braves lefty to win 15 games in a season since Hall-of-Famer @Tom_Glavine won 18 games in 2002.