The Braves introduced they’ve reinstated Ozzie Albies from the 10-day injured listing. The star second baseman is predicted to return to the lineup for Friday’s sport. It’s a quite exceptional restoration for a participant who spent simply the 10-day minimal on the injured listing after struggling a fractured massive toe when a pitch hit him on April 15. Albies returns to the membership with out a rehab project, although he took batting apply all through the week.
Whether or not there’ll be any lingering results stays to be seen, however Albies has gotten out to a superb begin in 2024. By 15 video games and 70 journeys to the plate, he’s slashing .317/.386/.492 with a pair of homers, a pair of steals and only a 12.9% strikeout charge. If the foot damage doesn’t present any extra issues for him, he’s laid the inspiration for a superb follow-up effort to a profession 12 months on the plate in 2023, which noticed Albies pop a personal-best 33 house runs and bat .280/.336/.513 in 660 plate appearances.
Atlanta received’t have to make any corresponding strikes to get Albies again onto the roster. The Braves announced Thursday that infielder David Fletcher handed by means of waivers unclaimed and had been assigned outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. He’d been on the massive league roster, which paved the way in which for Albies’ reinstatement.
In 787 video games since debuting with the Braves as a 20-year-old in 2017, Albies is a .273/.326/.479 hitter with 133 house runs and 78 stolen bases. The three-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger winner is within the sixth season of a seven-year, $35M contract extension he signed in April 2019. He’s incomes $7M this 12 months and subsequent, and the Braves maintain a pair of $7M membership choices on him for the 2026-27 campaigns.
