Medlen suffers a second setback in elbow surgery recovery
Braves pitcher Kris Medlen has suffered a second setback in his recovery from elbow construction surgery and has been temporarily shut down to rest his elbow. The Braves don’t believe the setback is serious, but Medlen will visit orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham on Monday to be sure.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez characterized it Friday as nothing alarming.
“It’s not crazy,” he said. “It’s happened to a lot of people, set them back a little bit.”
Medlen had originally been ahead of schedule in his recovery and on target to return later this month, only 11 months removed from surgery. But he felt scar tissue breaking up while throwing a curveball during a bullpen session on May 31 and took some time off.
Medlen had been throwing again in Orlando, working with Braves physical therapist Troy Jones, at their Disney complex for the past two weeks.
Another right-hander the Braves have an eye on for some help in the second half is Peter Moylan. The side-armer is scheduled to begin playing catch at the Braves workout on Thursday as he continues his comeback from back surgery. Moylan had surgery for a herniated disc on May 17. Recovery typically requires 12 weeks, which would put him back in mid-August.
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scott
July 8th, 2011
7:45 pm
good luck kris and pete
Keith
July 8th, 2011
7:50 pm
Bad news for sure, but we’ll see just how much of a setback it ends up being…
GO BRAVES!
Any chance the rain will stop within the hour?
Chris from the Rock
July 8th, 2011
7:51 pm
We sure could use them. I’d trust either of those guys over Proctor.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
7:52 pm
Rain~~ rain~~ go away~ so~~ my Braves can come out to play..and beat the damn Phillies.
Welcome back Carroll…
Darryl Blackberry
July 8th, 2011
8:02 pm
I hope it’s not a Scott Proctor-like setback. That mamma jamma took nearly two years to get right, and he still coughs up the lead from time to time.
Get well, Kris.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
8:06 pm
Even if Medlen makes it back next month or in September in the bullpen more than likely. He will not be fully ready until spring training. Going to be interesting what this team does with the rotation, and if they are going to give him a shot at getting his starting job back. Could be a huge battle.
Pulling the tarp off the field. Hope that if they do start the game there isn’t a delay. Don’t want an excuse that Halladay was knocked out by the rain delay when the Braves beat him for the second time this year.
Nut Job
July 8th, 2011
8:14 pm
The scar tissue pop from May is normal for Tommy John recovery. Not sure what the new set back was?? Guess he was just hurting again.
jonathan
July 8th, 2011
8:19 pm
Get well soon guys, we need ya back!!:)
Skeezix
July 8th, 2011
8:50 pm
Shucks!
Mike from the coast
July 8th, 2011
8:51 pm
Sounds like he should shut it down until sping anyway. Many make it back in 12 months but seldom are they effective until the next season. Guess we will wait until the Dr.’s report. I like our rotation as is for the time being. Moylan however may well be a great contribution come September. Proctor scares me to death in a close game. Looked great Tuesday but we had a 9-1 lead at the time. Dang rain. Had my night set up to see this series. Want the Braves to keep on they have grreat momentum at the moment.
ABravesFan
July 8th, 2011
8:57 pm
Good luck to Kris and Peter. With all the success stories of people coming back from surgery, we often take it for granted that an athlete would be back and on schedule. It’s never a sure thing and us fans just got to hope that these two get healthy and effective quick to help us out this year. I’m sure that both of them wants to be a part of this team’s great success this year.
Admiral Ackbar
July 8th, 2011
9:32 pm
Kris, it’s a trap!
Bill
July 8th, 2011
9:45 pm
Schafer beat that out..ump missed it!
Where is everyone tonight?
Venters Left Arm
July 8th, 2011
10:01 pm
Bill, I’m resting in the bullpen right now.
Darryl Whiteberry
July 8th, 2011
10:04 pm
Blackberry, please give your cousin the definition of ‘mamma jamma”.
Hinske Da Man
July 8th, 2011
10:13 pm
Beachy is the weak link of this staff. As soon as I saw he was up against Halladay I knew it would be a loss. Throws nothing but fast balls to Ruiz who is a notorious fast ball hitter. What a moron.
fred
July 8th, 2011
10:17 pm
throwing what his catcher tells him..da man
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:22 pm
remind me again just how bad AGon sucks right now….
Hinske Da Man
July 8th, 2011
10:22 pm
Amazing, Halladay throws breaking balls to Beachy who couldn’t catch up with his fast ball and yet Beachy throws nothing but fast balls to Ruiz who crushes fast balls. Nothing like Gonzalez swinging at pitches in the dirt, that dude needs to go fast.
LOB Braves
July 8th, 2011
10:23 pm
Seabass is the worst hitter on the Braves and that includes McClouth.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:23 pm
Beachy – get the pitches down for cryin’ out loud and quit grooving fastballs to Ruiz you bonehead! once is a mistake, twice is just stupid.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:23 pm
agree there Fred. How can McCann call for a fastball? He of all people should know better. He made a mistake. Game is still tied. Halladay is off tonight (by Halladay standards). We can still take him.
Hinske Da Man
July 8th, 2011
10:24 pm
Fred, Beachy can shake McCann off.
LOB Braves
July 8th, 2011
10:24 pm
A curve outside and in the dirt is what I would throw every pitch to that no hitting Gonzalez.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:27 pm
Good inning (5th) for Beachy, he needed that. Q: how long does FG leave him in??
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
10:28 pm
Why can’t you get an autographed ball by all 5 players not just one if you buy tickets ?
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:29 pm
Good inning from Beachy. Here is to hoping someone, either Chipper or McDowell had a “nice” little talk with the kid in the dugout after that bad pitch to Ruiz. Heart of the order and all have hit well. We can take him.
Gonzo does not need to be batting 2nd. Just 2 more games of this I HOPE.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:30 pm
@ Who me? At his pace barring a meltdown. 7 easy.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
10:30 pm
Put Prado at SS and bench Gonzalez. He’s been worse offensively than Uggla last 2 weeks…
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
10:33 pm
Need to get Beachy outta there before he gives up the tie.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
10:34 pm
Phillies sold out tickets 107 straight games and Braves sell like 17,000 per game…
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
10:36 pm
That guy making the cheese steaks needs slim fast badly…
Hinske Da Man
July 8th, 2011
10:37 pm
Don’t intend to be mean here, but that Victorino face plant was hilarious. Couldn’t have happened to a better person, unless of course it would have happened Jose Reyes.
Helen Ain't Ready
July 8th, 2011
10:39 pm
Rumor has it Braves might trade Beachy to Indians for Grady Sizemore.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:41 pm
The most pitches he has thrown in an inning is 15 in the 2nd. The pitch to Ruiz was a dual mistake by Beachy and McCann for calling it. Prado has only played 1 game….1 game at SS in his career and that was in ‘08. Gonzo just needs to bat 7th or 8th where he belongs. He is here for defense and the above average pop. He just is simply not a 2 hole hitter.
Helen Ain't Ready
July 8th, 2011
10:42 pm
I think Pete was right. They shoulda took Beachy out.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:45 pm
@Joseph – scared the heck out of me in the 6th. GREAT catch by FF over the shoulder….
Eddie
July 8th, 2011
10:45 pm
I saw that rumor on ESPN about Beachy for Sizemore. Good trade for Braves.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:45 pm
Beachy at 83 pitches through 6, FG is walking on ice if he goes to the 7th with this horse….
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:46 pm
That was a good one no doubt. He is holding his own against the best pitcher in the game yet again. Just give him 1 more run and please no more fastballs to Ruiz EVER.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:48 pm
Im not giving up Beachy for a career .269 hitter who’s batting .223 with 8 HRs this year. Yer nuts Eddie…
Monte Jordan
July 8th, 2011
10:49 pm
He’s walking in the desert with this horse with no water,100 miles from water,with a lame leg….
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:49 pm
@Eddie if that happened, cool. I do not believe it though. This ownership is not known for taking on money like that. So I honestly believe it is more rumor than substance. Sizemore would look good in the Atlanta uni though.
I don’t think he is Who….unless there is a scoring option here for a pinch hitter, I would send him back out.
Eddie
July 8th, 2011
10:51 pm
What does ESPN reporting that have to do with me ?
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:54 pm
nicely done Nate cause Heyward looked like crap in the 7th…
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:55 pm
Good call Fredi. Like I said unless there is a scoring chance. COME ON BIG DIESEL.
Eddie
July 8th, 2011
10:55 pm
Go get the Stallion (Venters).
Eddie
July 8th, 2011
10:57 pm
I think Ruiz was scratching his nodules ?
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
10:59 pm
6IP 2ER 6K 0BB Beachy is good. Good outing, JUST STOP THROWING FASTBALLS TO RUIZ. Hope Hanson and Lowe remember that.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
10:59 pm
@ Eddie, it was the “good trade for Braves” that I was commenting on sir. I respectully disagreed.
Props to FG for putting Hinske in, too bad he couldn’t do anything with it to get Nate “my first triple of the year and you leave me standing here??” home….
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:01 pm
Wren said he would work from inside organization now that Prado is coming back and team has started hitting. That was yesterday on Braves network. No need for trade.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:04 pm
@Bill. I would still listen to logical CF options but really look at early bullpen help. We have the best bullpen in the majors but it could be better. But that said. I would not give up any of the prospects we have unless the deal was one that would be one of those that you flip your desk over trying to get to the phone to accept it before the other team realized what they were doing.
Ralphie
July 8th, 2011
11:13 pm
Those former Marlins are Braves achilles heel. Dan Uggla & Alex Gonzalez.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:13 pm
agree Joseph…only a couple CF’s I want and we have some great prospects I wouldn’t trade. You right it would have to be a deal they couldn’t refuse.
Your blog on helping kid that’s dad fell in Texas was right on @ 10;34 on other post.
Ralphie
July 8th, 2011
11:14 pm
Why can’t you get a McCann,Chipper,or Hudson auto ball for the tickets too ?
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:15 pm
@Bill. That story just tore me apart. Especially what the father was saying to the medics. We can all take some good from that horrible tragedy and just try to appreciate our loved ones all the more.
Lazarus
July 8th, 2011
11:17 pm
I’m still alive !
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:17 pm
Gonzo finally had a good at bat. That was a sickening breaking ball for the K. Can someone please convince him to do it everytime even when he gets dropped in the order when Prado gets back?
Lane
July 8th, 2011
11:19 pm
There shouldn’t have been a gap between wall & field to fall thru. That is a stadium design error.
LSU Fan
July 8th, 2011
11:21 pm
Go Phillies & Geaux Tigers !
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:22 pm
All stadiums have that. It is an arguable point, but you have to remember newer stadiums……..that is close to where the bullpen is and the groundscrew also. I honestly hope there isn’t overreaction. It was a horrific accident.
Lane
July 8th, 2011
11:24 pm
Duh ! Install railings.
Lane
July 8th, 2011
11:26 pm
Carroll subbing for DOB again,huh? How do you need to sub out blogs ?
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:29 pm
There were railings Lane. The man simply lost his balance. Dude it is the wrong time to point blame. You are beginning to come across like the report that the nerve to ask Nolan Ryan during his press conference……”Don’t you feel 100% responsible for this man’s death?” Dude wrong time and wrong place. The focus should be more on the fact of his 6 year old son.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:29 pm
Braves 1 & 2 hitter 0 for 8…Carroll on Tweets…
Braves going to win this game..got a feeling
Solomon Grundy
July 8th, 2011
11:30 pm
Me think Venters be Superman.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:31 pm
Phillies left 9 on so far, Bravos need to score here and bring on the kid. That was a filthy 3rd strike to Valdez…
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:31 pm
Venters is a freak of nature for sure.
Lane
July 8th, 2011
11:31 pm
Focus should be on preventing this again. If no changes are made to stadiums then it will likely happen again.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:33 pm
Jones, Freeman, Uggla, Heyward……….maybe 1 of them can run into one here. Or just blow it open. Bastardo is freaking good though. 2 best teams in the majors and it is showing tonight.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:34 pm
Bastard now pitching for Phillies.
Lane
July 8th, 2011
11:36 pm
That’s Bastrado,Pete.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:36 pm
Braves need to put some Georgia whip Asssss on Bastardo..
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:37 pm
Accidents always happen. That is why they are called “accidents”. Nobody did anything wrong. The man simply lost his balance period. I say this with all the respect to everybody on here…….can we all please just not try to point fingers in a time like this and simply realize that a son lost his father? Yes things can always be prevented in hindsight, but we do not live in hindsight. Instead of finding blame……..maybe find some prayers for that poor kid.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:37 pm
its Bastardo boys.
J-Man
July 8th, 2011
11:38 pm
Bastardo is Spanish for Bastard lol
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:38 pm
Does Bastardo mean bastard in Spanish ?
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:38 pm
and with the troika up there he smoked ‘em all. chipper hit a BB to LF. I thought FF had a chance for a tater when it left the bat but not so. Uggla –
no need for further comment about Mr. .185….
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:40 pm
Phillies need to find a Bitcha to go with Bastardo.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:40 pm
Be fair Who me? Bastardo does this to a ton of hitters. He is damn good. He is out of the game now thank goodness.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:41 pm
The line man has got to hang’em out to dry this inning…
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:43 pm
Rollins always does this dang it. It is like he calls time and walks the ball up the middle with some english. Dang it.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:43 pm
Linestink gonna lose the game…
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:43 pm
Beautiful McCann…
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:43 pm
GREAT CALL GREAT THROW…………..HELL YEAH…………GET YOU SOME BIG MAC.
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:45 pm
That was a strike..Mac wanted that call
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:45 pm
ugggggghhhhhh. Linebrink Sherrill and Proctor. Good law firm, sucky relievers. Good to see BMac gun down Rollins….
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:45 pm
Hope the ump don’t start helping the fillies
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:46 pm
Like the Sherrill call. I know Fredi gets killed for his use of the bullpen and selections…..but so far tonight……….I like it.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:46 pm
Bringing in fatboy Sherrill.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:47 pm
Sherrill’s day job is ice cream man.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:48 pm
Great catch AGon, too bad you can’t hit your way out of a paper bag though….
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:49 pm
fatboy Sherrill gets his job against a tough lefty done agian. Sherrill is good when used correctly and lately he has be used correctly.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:50 pm
I wish we had a Bastard in the bullpen…
Bill
July 8th, 2011
11:50 pm
Good job by pen and Fredi..got to score NOW!
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:50 pm
FG has been non-Bobbyesque tonight…..BC would have left Linestink (good one) in I bet….Sherrill is a bit of a tub ain’t he?
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:50 pm
@Who me? just remember ………….only 2 more games of him batting 2nd………….I HOPE. Prado is coming back. 0-4 1BB 1K in 1st 2 games with Gwinnett though, I still trust that man in the 2 hole any day.
Pete's Pickle
July 8th, 2011
11:52 pm
If I were a pitcher and I thought the ump was calling my strikes balls, I’d tell the catcher to raise his glove high then move it and I’d plant one in the ump’s face mask.
Joseph
July 8th, 2011
11:53 pm
This is exactly what we all expected………….Braves 2nd in ERA…….Phillies 1st………Braves 1st in bullpen ERA ………Phillies 2nd. 2 best teams in the game. This is fun
NOW SCORE A DAMN RUN AND WIN IT PLEASE.
Who me?
July 8th, 2011
11:54 pm
just how bad do we suck at the plate tonight?? gotta go check the stats….back in a few….