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<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
The Schuerholz interview thread sort of buried the lead.
Ablies out for the winter with fracture:
Braves No. 2 prospect Ozzie Albies will miss the rest of the season and the Arizona Fall League after the team revealed the shortstop fractured his elbow.
Braves vice chairman John Schuerholz said on the Braves Banter radio show that the 19-year-old suffered the injury -- a fracture of the olecranon bone -- on Wednesday with Double-A Mississippi. He's expected to require surgery.
"That's a tough loss for us," Schuerholz told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. "But he's young, he's a strong-bodied guy, and I don't have any worries about his being able to get back soon and be battling for a big-league spot in Spring Training next year."
Albies suffered the injury on Sept. 7 when he was batting and fouled a pitch down the third-base line against Pensacola. According to MLB.com, Albies "appeared to be in agonizing pain as he hopped out of the batter's box, grabbing his right arm as he slumped over." A video of the swing posted to Twitter appeared to show the injury as well.
Ablies out for the winter with fracture:
Braves No. 2 prospect Ozzie Albies will miss the rest of the season and the Arizona Fall League after the team revealed the shortstop fractured his elbow.
Braves vice chairman John Schuerholz said on the Braves Banter radio show that the 19-year-old suffered the injury -- a fracture of the olecranon bone -- on Wednesday with Double-A Mississippi. He's expected to require surgery.
"That's a tough loss for us," Schuerholz told the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. "But he's young, he's a strong-bodied guy, and I don't have any worries about his being able to get back soon and be battling for a big-league spot in Spring Training next year."
Albies suffered the injury on Sept. 7 when he was batting and fouled a pitch down the third-base line against Pensacola. According to MLB.com, Albies "appeared to be in agonizing pain as he hopped out of the batter's box, grabbing his right arm as he slumped over." A video of the swing posted to Twitter appeared to show the injury as well.
