ATLANTA — Mike Soroka and the Atlanta Braves were reminded ear
Jays. He gave up four runs on eight not think he was injured.
“Honestly, I just thought it was one of those days when I didn’t have my some pitches, when you try to get after that you say, ‘I’m going to put a little something extra on,’ you peek up and you see something isn’t quite the same. and that’s not where I’m at.”
the rotator cuff of Soroka’s pitching shoulder. On Friday, he was placed to Wednesday.
“Something still isn’t right,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He’s got something going on in there. We’ve got to shut him down for awhile and try to get him right.”
York Mets at SunTrust Park.
that Snitker thought the lower velocity in the young pitcher’s outing against the Blue Jays was a case of the jitters.
“I wasn’t sure it was equated to pitching at home,” Snitker said. “I thought he was trying to amp everything down and not get overwhelmed, and they looked at him and talked to him. They found out there’s more to it.”
doing a lot of stretching and work with the Braves’ training staff.
The team plans to take a conservative approach with Soroka, who is
since he was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on May 1.
- rience with it and have an idea of what to expect. I know I’m going to little more and make sure it is gone.”