Braves center fielder Cameron Maybin returned to the lineup on Wednesday after recovering from a scratched left cornea in his eye.
Maybin missed seven games with the injury and then played off of the bench on Sunday against the Mets and Tuesday against the Blue Jays. He said he won’t need time to get acclimated to playing every day again.
“I’ve been playing all year,” Maybin said. “I don’t feel like a week has me in a position where my legs aren’t under me. It was just like a nice little break for the body, if anything. I felt good the whole time. I always worked out.”
Maybin entered Wednesday hitting .267 with a .331 on-base percentage and a .381 slugging percentage. He’s on pace to finish with career highs for batting average and on-base percentage for a full season.
Maybin left a game at the Nationals on Sept. 5 because of poor vision. He’d been playing for several days with pain in his eye after scratching it while handling his contact lense.
“I felt like I should have been limping around (with) everybody asking me how I was feeling,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed being out there every day. I’ve enjoyed being healthy every day. When something like that comes up that you can’t really play through it’s tough to deal with. I’m just happy to be back in the lineup and try to finish up the year and do some exciting things.”
