Joe Jiménez Has been out the entire season after undergoing left knee operation last November. The Braves-Reliever is now nine months away from a procedure that came with a timeline of 8-12 months. Jiménez had thrown but was closed after experiencing pain in his knee, said manager Brian Snitker yesterday (passed on by Barrett Sallee from 680 The Fan).
It seems that there is now a good chance that Jiménez will not pitch this season at all. This is a lost year for Atlanta. There is little incentive to push Jiménez through discomfort. The 30-year-old Righty would certainly like to get back on the hill, so that he can go into the low season with a normality, but the Braves will not take any risk.
Jiménez had the best year of his career in 2024. He threw a personal high 68 2/3 innings with a 2.62 ERA. He registered a career-best 27 Heuips while he had beaten nearly 30% of the batters. It was an excellent start of his three -year -old $ 26 mm deal, free agent. The injury unfortunately robbed him of most (potentially all) of year two. He signed next season for $ 9mm.
Atlanta will probably see Raisel Iglesias Depart in a free desk. They will exercise their $ 7mm club option to keep Pierce JohnsonExcept for an injury in the late season. AARON BUMMER And Dylan Lee Will also be back. The rest of the help group is in question. Daybel Hernández Has an ERA of 2.25 but has run almost 20% of the opponents. Atlanta has taken over Tyler Kinley From Colorado last week. That suggests that they will at least consider bringing him back to a $ 5mm team option, but he has not been obtained particularly good figures since 2022. The Braves probably need two or three external bullpen pickups on top of a healthy return from Jiménez.
While the Braves Jiménez did not officially declare for the season, Starter, Starter Grant Holmes Is definitely ready for the year. Atlanta placed him almost immediately on the 60-day wounded list when he went down with an elbow injury before the trade theadline. De Braves later appointed the problem as a partially torn ulnar collateral. That has the potential to be a precursor to an operation, but Holmes told reporters (including David O’Brien van de Athletics) that he will try to rehabilitate without going under the knife.
“If I can avoid the knife for as long as possible, it is the route I want to take,” said 29-year-old Righty. “I haven’t had any operations yet, luckily, and I try to keep it that way.” Holmes added that he will have a no-Throw program for at least six weeks and expressed that he expressed the hope that he could resume to throw simulated competitions in November. He pointed out that undergoing Tommy John or internal brace operation would almost certainly cost him the entire season 2026, regardless of. Holmes therefore thought that he did not have much to lose in trying a non-surgical approach and evaluating how his elbow will feel in a few months. If it does not progress as hoped, he could undergo an operation early in the low season and still set a goal to come back at the start of the ’27 campaign.
Before the injury, Holmes was a bright spot in the Nightmare season of Atlanta. He handed in an ERA of 3.99 while he hit a quarter of the opponents in 22 performances. Holmes was impressed by a rookie last season, but worked more often in long relief. He showed this season that he can be a capable starter in the middle as long as he is healthy. Holmes is one of the five Atlanta starters that have to do with a long-term injury. They have already lost AJ Smith-Shawver for Tommy John operation, and it would be a surprise if Spencer Schwellenbach This year returns from a broken elbow. Reynaldo López Has been out almost all year round after undergoing Arthroscopic shoulder operation.
Chris SaleSince mid -June with a rib cash fracture, the only one of that quintet that is very likely to come back this season. SALE has been set to give a live Batting session on Thursday (via the Mlb.com injury tracker). He is not far away from a Minor League rehabilitation assignment and could return from the 60-day IL before the end of the month. That would allow the ruling NL CY Young winner to make the season five or six. It means nothing in the rankings, but it would give the Braves some confidence to enter a low season in which they ask about everyone in the rotation, apart from Spencer steps. Atlanta retains sales at a club option of $ 18mm for what is his age-37 season.
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