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Braves place Tyler Flowers on 10-day DL

Braves catchers Tyler Flowers (left) and Kurt Suzuki work with pitchers in the bullpen Saturday, Feb 17, 2018, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

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Braves catchers Tyler Flowers (left) and Kurt Suzuki work with pitchers in the bullpen Saturday, Feb 17, 2018, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
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March 30, 2018

The Braves placed catcher Tyler Flowers on the disabled list Friday with a left oblique strain. He left Thursday’s game in the second inning with left oblique discomfort.

Flowers played in one spring training game after March 19, the exhibition at SunTrust Park on Monday. He said he was healthy enough to play opening day.

The Braves selected the contract of right-hander Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A to fill the open spot. They transferred left-hander Jacob Lindgren, who underwent Tommy John surgery and will miss the season, to the 60-day DL to make room on the 40-man roster.

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