After their game tonight, the Braves optioned Chuck James to Triple-A. James was called up by the Braves when Tom Glavine went to the disabled last last week. With Glavine set to return to the team on Tuesday, James was sent out tonight to give the Braves the option of carrying another reliever […]
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Listening to the Braves telecast of tonight’s game and they just announced that Tom Glavine has been sent to the disabled list. Chuck James will be recalled from Richmond to start in his place tomorrow.
The training staff didn’t believe he had enough strength in his right hamstring to make his start.
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Tom Glavine left his start today before recording an out in the first inning. He left with a run already in and the bases loaded with none out. Jeff Bennett relieved him and minimized the damage, getting a double play ball and retiring the side with only one additional run scoring.
Glavine’s injury has […]
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UPDATE (4-3-08; 11:02 PM): Hampton will go on the disabled list due to the injury. Jo-Jo Reyes will join the team to take his spot on the roster and hang around to give the Braves a fresh body in the bullpen. The Braves have had to dig deep into their bullpen over […]
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Chuck James, last year’s number three starter for the Braves, appeared in his first spring training game today after being held back due to a partial tear of his rotator cuff.
James went two innings today against the Tigers, retiring six of the seven batters he faced in the outing.
“I feel pretty positive about my first […]
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David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is reporting that Chuck James, recovering from a partially torn rotator cuff, will not make his Grapefruit League debut “around” March 15. Most starters normally pitch two innings in their debut and progressively build upon that.
If James were to start on the 15th, he’d only have two […]
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Chuck James, who was diagnosed with a partially torn rotator cuff over the winter, is hoping to get back on the mound on Wednesday. He has been throwing on level ground since mid-January in an effort to strengthen his shoulder enough to allow him to return to the mound, and he thinks he’s far […]
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Kris Benson’s biggest player at this point is that of the Philadelphia Phillies, though he’s getting interest out of other camps, as well. Benson has thrown privately for Chuck Lamar, one of the Phillies key scouts, twice in the last week and will throw in front of the Phillies staff again on Saturday. […]
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On the first day of Roger McDowell’s voluntary workout at Turner Field, the Braves got some bad news in regards to Chuck James. James was diagnosed with a slight tear in his rotator cuff after the end of the 2007 season, which at the time was described as minor and James was told rest […]
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