{"id":2343,"date":"2013-05-06T10:16:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2013-05-06T10:16:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:16:17","slug":"braves-activate-catcher-brian-mccann-from-disabled-list-will-start-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/05\/06\/braves-activate-catcher-brian-mccann-from-disabled-list-will-start-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves activate catcher Brian McCann from disabled list, will start tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2215\" alt=\"brianmccann\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/04\/brianmccann.jpg\" width=\"658\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/04\/brianmccann.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/04\/brianmccann-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Braves activated catcher Brian McCann from the 15-day disabled list and will welcome him back to the lineup Monday night when they open up a series against the Reds in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>McCann, a six-time All-Star, had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder last October.<\/p>\n<p>In six games McCann hit .364 with four homers in his first six games with Class A Rome and Gwinnett.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves optioned Tyler Pastornicky to make room for McCann on the roster. Gattis gets to stay and will likely spot in an outfield corner, and catch a little while providing a power threat off of the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Heyward is not expected to return until the end of the month after having an appendectomy, but is suspected to travel with the team and take batting practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves activated catcher Brian McCann from the 15-day disabled list and will welcome him back to the lineup Monday night when they open up a series against the Reds in Cincinnati. McCann, a six-time All-Star, had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder last October. In six games McCann hit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[298,307],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-2343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-brian-mccann","8":"tag-jason-heyward"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}