Reliever Simmons ‘on track’ to return from disabled list
Shae Simmons said he is on track to return from the 15-day disabled list. The right-handed reliever was placed on the disabled list July 29, retroactive to July 27, with a sore shoulder. He would be eligible to come off on Monday.
“It feels pretty good right now,” Simmons said. “I’m working hard and getting a lot of strengthening and stretching done. It feels a lot better than it did.”
Due to the inclement weather prior to Friday’s game against the Nationals, Simmons did light throwing in the tunnel at Turner Field.
Simmons posted a 0.96 ERA and .172 opponents’ average in his first 20 appearances with 19 strikeouts and six walks in 18 2/3 innings after being called up from Double A on May 31. In his next six appearances he went 0-2 with a 15.00 ERA and .333 opponents’ average, with four strikes and five walks in three innings. He then acknowledged that his shoulder had been an issue for several weeks.
The Braves recalled right-hander Juan Jaime from Triple A to take Simmons’ roster spot.
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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.
