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Atlanta Braves Roster Report 2009-05-12


Atlanta Braves Roster Report 2009-05-12
--LHP Mike Gonzalez appeared in four out of five games in the first two series in the current eight-game road trip and pitched effectively while doing it. That gives manager Bobby Cox hope that Gonzalez may be totally recovered from his 2007 "Tommy John" surgery.

--RHP Rafael Soriano was called on to close out Sunday's game in response to the Phillies' lineup: Manager Bobby Cox used LHP Mike Gonzalez against a trio of left-handed batters in the eighth inning, then brought out Soriano to face right-handed batters in the bottom of the ninth.

--INF Martin Prado got the start at third base and batted third in the absence of 3B Chipper Jones. Prado can come right off the bench and hit, a valuable trait in a reserve player, which helped when he replaced 3B Chipper Jones after Jones hyperextended his right elbow Sunday against the Phillies.

--RHP Javier Vazquez finally got enough run support to get a win -- 6-2 over the Phillies on May 9 -- but manager Bobby Cox was not deterred by Vazquez's 2-3 record going into that game. "There's not a pitch I haven't been impressed with," Cox says of Vazquez's repertoire, game plan and delivery.

MEDICAL WATCH:

3B Chipper Jones (sore right elbow) left the May 10 game and did not play May 11, but he hopes to be back May 12.

RHP Jorge Campillo (right shoulder tendinitis) went on the 15-day disabled list April 17. He said he was merely suffering from a dead arm.

LHP Tom Glavine (shoulder and elbow surgeries) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 1. He had to cut short an April 12 rehab start with Class AA Mississippi with shoulder discomfort, and he was shut down from throwing for two weeks. He threw a bullpen session on May 4.

RHP Tim Hudson (Tommy John surgery on right elbow in August 2008) went on the 60-day disabled list March 4. He is targeting an August return date, barring setbacks.

ROTATION:

RHP Derek Lowe

RHP Jair Jurrjens

RHP Javier Vazquez

RHP Kenshin Kawakami

LHP Jo-Jo Reyes

BULLPEN:

LHP Mike Gonzalez (closer)

RHP Peter Moylan

RHP Jeff Bennett

RHP Buddy Carlyle

LHP Eric O'Flaherty

RHP Rafael Soriano

RHP James Parr

CATCHERS:

Brian McCann

David Ross

INFIELDERS:

1B Casey Kotchman

2B Kelly Johnson

SS Yunel Escobar

3B Chipper Jones

INF Martin Prado

INF/OF Omar Infante

INF/OF Greg Norton

OUTFIELDERS:

LF Garret Anderson

CF Jordan Schafer

RF Jeff Francoeur

OF Matt Diaz


Author:Fox Sports
Author's Website:http://www.foxsports.com
Added: May 12, 2009

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