For once, we have some good injury news to report here in Braves Country. Earlier today, Walt Weiss provided some new information on both injured pitcher Spencer Strider and injured catcher Sean Murphy. While Strider still seems to be working his way towards health, the return of Murphy appears to be relatively imminent. Walt Weiss informed the media that Sean Murphy will be beginning a rehab assignment on Friday.
Needless to say, this is a very positive development on both fronts. Assuming Spencer
Strider’s live BP goes well, that could be the prelude to a rehab assignment for him that should get him back on the field shortly. As far as Murphy goes, he was seen taking BP during Atlanta’s last homestand so this news doesn’t come as much of a surprise since it was apparent that he was ramping up baseball activities in recent times.
The obvious hope is that we don’t hear about any setbacks for either Murphy or Strider — oblique injuries are tricky to deal with in Strider’s case and hopefully Murphy will be pain-free for the first time in a handful of years. It’s still genuinely shocking to know that Murphy had been playing with a bad hip for as long as he did but as long as it’s taken care of and he can return to the lineup and be productive, then that’ll simply be water under the bridge.
So again, it’s lovely to be able to talk about some good injury news around here for once. We’ll keep you posted on any further developments concerning injury updates but for now, we’re getting closer and closer to the Braves getting their intended band back together at some point in the near future.
