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Michael Harris II is day-to-day with left quad tightness and won't start on Friday. Raisel Iglesias may return from the IL sooner than expected, while JR Ritchie has impressed and will remain with the Braves.
There was a bit of an injury scare for Michael Harris II after he had to exit Thursdayâs win over the Nationals during the seventh inning as a precautionary move. At first, it seemed like the âAll Clearâ was here after Harris said that he âexpectedâ to play on Friday and then he was listed in todayâs lineup as well. Unfortunately, theyâve scratched him from todayâs lineup and are now listing him as being âday-to-dayâ with the left quad tightness. You donât want to expect the worst but when you consider the injury luck that this team has had to deal with in recent years, I think weâre all hoping to the baseball gods above that Money Mikeâs quad doesnât act up on him any further.
Now granted, this doesnât mean that Iglesiasâ IL stint is going to be shorter than 14 days but apparently Weiss and the Braves training staff are encouraged with how heâs feeling so far. Weiss did state that Iglesias hasnât started throwing yet but they arenât expecting this to be a lengthy IL stint. Again, just like Harris, weâre all hoping that this is strictly just a two-week rest period for Iglesias and that there arenât any setbacks between now and his anticipated return from the IL. For now, things are looking up in that department and the bullpen wonât have to hold down the fort for any longer than expected during Iglesiasâ absence.
Michael Harris II is currently day-to-day due to left quad tightness and will not start on Friday.
Raisel Iglesias may return from the IL sooner than the standard 14 days, as the Braves are encouraged by his progress.
JR Ritchie is a pitcher who has recently been called up and will remain with the Braves after a strong debut performance.
Harris's absence adds to the Braves' injury concerns and may affect their overall lineup stability as they navigate player availability.
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Didier Fuentes received the call-up but went right back down after his short outing on Wednesday night. JR Ritchie was called up instead and ended up delivering a very creditable debut performance in helping the Braves pick up the series win. Clearly the Bravesâ brass liked what they saw, since Weiss told the media that Ritchie will be sticking around with the big league ballclub and he now has an opportunity to pitch his way into staying in the rotation. Obviously, itâd be a pretty huge development if Ritchie ended up being ready for The Show already. It would also bring up some questions about where heâd fit in with the rotation once guys like Spencer Strider and Spencer Schwellenbach make their eventual returns from injury. Itâs a good problem to have though, as you can never have too much pitching and having a talented young arm like Ritchieâs around would certainly be a positive for the Braves going forward.