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Health Notes: Frazier, Lowrie, Perez, Cobb, Folty, Gausman, Minter

By TC Zencka and Ty Bradley | March 30, 2019 at 4:34pm CDT

Some injury updates from around the game . . .

Latest News

  • Braves righty Mike Foltynewicz, shelf-ridden to began the year, threw 63 pitches in a minor-league game Friday, tweets the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s David O’Brien, who notes that the righty could be activated as soon as April 9. A healthy return for the sudden ace would break up the Braves’ rockpile of young rotation arms, a group that currently includes rookies Kyle Wright, Bryse Wilson, and second-year man Max Fried, who was curiously deployed in Opening-Day relief.
  • More good news on the Atlanta rotation front comes from MLB.com’s Mark Bowman, who tweets that righty Kevin Gausman threw 90 pitches in a minor-league game today and reported no ill effects. Gausman’s slated to take the ball April 5 against Miami as he looks to reprise his inning-eating ways for the fourth consecutive year. The Braves, then, won’t have long to settle on an early-season rotation mix, and top prospect Mike Soroka’s eventual presence will only further complicate matters.
  • O’Brien also tweets that the Braves could have late-inning presence A.J. Minter back as soon as Thursday. Minter, 25, threw just 58 carer minor-league innings before a scintillating 2017 debut. He doubled down last season, establishing himself as one of the National League’s top relievers after a 1.4 fWAR performance in just 61 1/3 IP. He’ll be leaned on heavily at the back end of a thin Atlanta ’pen in the early stages of 2019.

Earlier Updates

  • Todd Frazier is almost ready to begin a rehab assignment as he recovers from a strained oblique, per Newsday’s Tim Healey (via Twitter). The Mets third baseman is set to return to game action in the minor leagues within the next couple of days, putting him on track to make his 2019 debut before the end of April. Infielder Jed Lowrie is less far along. As he rehabs from a sprained left knee, Lowrie is traveling with the team, and though the Mets haven’t put a timetable on his return, he was seen this morning taking grounders at third, per Deesha Thosar of the NY Daily News (via Twitter). In the meantime, Jeff McNeil got the start at third base on Opening Day alongside Amed Rosario, Robinson Cano and Pete Alonso in the infield. Today’s lineup will feature McNeil getting the start in left while J.D. Davis gets a turn at third. Let’s check in on some other health-related issues from around the league…
  • The centerpiece of the Justin Verlander trade has been shut down for 4-6 weeks with shoulder tendonitis, per Chris McCosky of The Detroit News. Franklin Perez is the Tigers #4 ranked prospect according to Baseball America, #6 by Baseball Prospectus, and #5 by Fangraphs, while MLB.com has the hard-throwing righty the highest at #3. Separate instances of a lat strain and shoulder soreness limited his 2018 to only 7 appearances between two levels, topping out with a 7.94 ERA across four starts for High-A Lakeland – where he hoped to return to start 2019. The 21-year-old Venezuelan boasts a power heater that consistently reached 98 mph when he could stay on the field this spring, but health is the focus for Perez for the time being. Perez is one of three right-handers who make up the core of Detroit’s farm, along with Matt Manning and 2018’s #1 overall draft pick Casey Mize.
  • There are no lingering issues with the groin injury that put Alex Cobb on the shelf to start the year. After throwing five innings in a minor league game yesterday, he is in line to start the Orioles’ home opener next Thursday, per Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (via Twitter). Nate Karns will make his Orioles debut on the bump today, and while there’s no strict pitch count, don’t expect Karns to make it much further than the second or third inning, per The Athletic’s Dan Connolly (via Twitter). Karns will play the role of Opener today, with Jimmy Yacabonis expected to see significant work as well.
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20 Comments

  1. batty

    6 years ago

    “The Mets third baseball is set to return”

    C’mon, Mets! Spring for more baseballs.

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    • Burgeezy

      6 years ago

      I’m curious what happened to the first and second baseballs?

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    • TC Zencka

      6 years ago

      Haha, whoops! Thanks for the note.

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    • DarkSide830

      6 years ago

      this is a better comment then “cmon , your spelling/grammer/sentence structure/form/prose/rhyme scheme is messed up”

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      • 377194

        6 years ago

        “Grammer?”

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        • inkstainedscribe

          6 years ago

          Kelsey?

          Reply
  2. rxbrgr

    6 years ago

    Didn’t we just get an update on Franklin Perez last night??

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  3. Jbigz12

    6 years ago

    Safe to say Bryse Wilson will be an easy choice to bump after today’s performance.

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    • RunDMC

      6 years ago

      He needs consistent IP wherever it is. very unlike him as he was one of the best ST arms we had.

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      • inkstainedscribe

        6 years ago

        Yeah, he’ll be in the rotation at Gwinnett if not in ATL.

        As for Fried pitching opening day, that wasn’t really a surprise. They let reporters know they planned to use him for an inning to give him some work against live hitters before his first start.

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      • Jbigz12

        6 years ago

        Very different between ST and the real thing. His promotion was really aggressive anyway. As they’ve done with him throughout his rise thru the system. I think AAA is the best spot for him for now.

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  4. todd davenport

    6 years ago

    I just don’t get the reason with Kimbrel. We have the money . It is obvious we need someone like that to work along side Minter. Nice lefty- righty combo. Just sick of Liberty saying one thing and then doing another. We freaking ought to go on strike as fans and just not show up. I know that’s impossible and could never happen but we have to let ownership know we are not happy.

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    • Theshow561

      6 years ago

      I agree WALL STREET BRAVES they paid big money for a 3rd baseman and you already had one in CAREMGO why sign free agent that money should spent on a BULLPEN .THE BRAVES BULLPEN will walk my grandmother they young and trying to make every pitch perfect.THROW DA..STRIKES PLEASE .with that bullpen braves need to average 8 runs a game.CHEAP BRAVES SIGN KIMBALL
      WALL STREET BRAVES SPEND SMALL WITH BIG PROFIT LINE.Braves you play for MONEY or CHAMPIONSHIPS

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      • Theshow561

        6 years ago

        Braved MANAGEMENT BOBBY COX retire he the only manager can make young players play up to their potential since Bobby gone Braves trade some of that young talent some grow into big time players some don t you should had got that catcher from MIAMI now he with PHILLIES J.T.PHILLIES trade some talent got a all star catcher.Well Braves you can brag to the whole major leagues we have the youngest team in baseball not the winning team but the youngest team everybody in your business know what that mean you want your profit line to grow.We the braves fans need to think like the Braves MANAGEMENT CHEAP PAY YOUR CABLE BILL STSY HOME
        PUT A WINNING TEAM ON THE FIELD
        NO BASEBALL SUPERSTAR WANT TO COME TO ATLANTA YOU BETTER sign ACURNA NOW because Freddy getting older
        POOR MANAGEMENT THE FALL GUY WILL BE THE MANAGER.WALL STREET BRAVES

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        • Dan Rogers

          6 years ago

          What the hell are you talking about?

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        • bravesfan3

          6 years ago

          My head >.<

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        • dark vengeance

          6 years ago

          Speak English please

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        • TreyMancini

          6 years ago

          It doesn’t have to be english, literally ANY language please.

          Reply
  5. Sid Bream

    6 years ago

    “Braves righty Mike Foltynewicz, shelf-ridden to began the year”.

    *begin.

    I am not sure where you get “to began” from in that sentence, but maybe you will tell me.

    The Braves pen is useless, they keep guys like Jackson who always gets belted, and get rid of a guy like Moylan who was misused by Snitker and is still a decent pitcher with experience. Philadelphia has a guy like Neshek on their roster who is 38, Moylan is only 2 years older and would still do a better job than Jackson.

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  6. carlos15

    6 years ago

    I’d like to know what deserving Mets player will be optioned to allow a spot for the ineffective clown that is Todd Frazier.

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