Veteran reliever Darren O’Day, who hasn’t pitched in a regular-season game in about 14 months, is scheduled to return to the mound in a game with the Braves’ Gulf Coast League team in Florida on Saturday.
If all goes well with the rehab assignment, O’Day could join the Braves when rosters expand in September, manager Brian Snitker said Wednesday.
Other than one spring-training appearance this year, O’Day last pitched in a game June 26, 2018, with the Orioles. He was sidelined the rest of last season after undergoing hamstring surgery and hasn’t pitched this season because of a forearm injury.
The Braves acquired O’Day on July 31, 2018, along with starting pitcher Kevin Gausman, with hopes that he would help their bullpen this year.
