The Atlanta Braves plan to activate outfielder Jason Heyward from the disabled list on Monday before a series against the Diamondbacks begins. Heyward began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Thus far Heyward has failed to register a hit. On Saturday he was 0-for-3 and was hit by a pitch. He will make [...]
The Atlanta Braves are hoping to have starting pitcher Brandon Beachy return by mid-June. Beachy threw his final live batting practice session on Thursday. On Sunday Beachy will throw a bullpen session and then the right hander will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday or Thursday. Beachy, 26, has been working his way back from [...]
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 [...]
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward is hoping to return to the team before the end of May. On Satuday Heyward will take some swings with a bat and could add some catching and throwing. Currently Heyward has been walking on a treadmill and riding a stationary bike as he works his way back from an [...]
Would anyone truly have been surprised if Jason Heyward struggeled upon his promotion to the major leagues? Despite all the hype it was just that. Hype. Things rarely are as good or as bad as we hear. Even your child’s chorus concert sounded bad but you’ll tell them it was good not to crush their [...]
Jason Heyward wasted no time connecting for his first big league home run as the 20-year old connected on a Carlos Zambrano pitch in the bottom of the first. The talk of the game from the ESPN announcers centered around Heyward and the right fielder didn’t disappoint. In addition to his three run blast in [...]
Jason Heyward has made the Atlanta Braves. Despite some, including myself, who said he may benefit from some at-bats Triple-A there wasn’t much the 20-year-old did this spring that made those notions true. Heyward was 15-for-41 (.366) with a home run and five RBI in his spring audition and it became increasingly clear that whatever [...]
With the names of Scott Proctor, Freddie Freeman, and Mitch Jones as non roster invitees to Braves camp I could see four or more making the major league roster at some point. Though none with have near the amount of talk around them as baseball’s top prospect Jason Heyward. Heyward is supposed to save the [...]
It’s been a little while since I last made a Daily Jason Heyward note because the outfielder had been out with a sore back. I guess a few days off and a rub down will get you back to swinging the lumber as the 20-year-old collected two doubles in a spring outing against the Toronto [...]
Jason Heyward continued his demolition of spring training pitching hitting a two-run homer off Max Scherzer and collecting a walk in Monday’s trashing of the Tigers. Heyward is currently 5-for-12 with three extra-base hits so maybe just maybe he’s starting to make even me believe he’ll be on the opening day roster. Ah but there [...]
