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Taking another look at Snitker's handling of Smith-Shawver's injury
This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ATLANTA -- Braves manager Brian Snitker has made some questionable decisions over the past couple weeks.
As feared, Braves’ AJ Smith-Shawver diagnosed with torn UCL
ATLANTA — Hard-throwing Atlanta Braves rookie AJ Smith-Shawver has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, as the team feared when he left Thursday’s game at Philadelphia after feeling what he said was a pop in the elbow.
Smith-Shawver is meeting with orthopedic surgeon Keith Meister on Thursday and is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery later in the week, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
Even the recent return of Ronald Acuña Jr. following knee surgery hasn’t done much to improve Atlanta's offensive malaise.
The Rookie of the Year contender was wincing and shaking his arm on the mound. Strider appeared to notice before the Braves ...
Smith-Shawver was removed from the game one batter after taking a Bryson Stott line drive to the ankle. But after a few ...
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Atlanta rookie right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver left a 5–4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader opener with a ...
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