![]() ![]() He’s one of those guys that impactful, and great to have around the clubhouse. “Knowing what you’re getting over there, it’s always nice. “If you need him, you need him, I guess,” Riley said Sunday morning after hearing Arcia was activated. ![]() The legendary former Braves third baseman eschewed rehab assignments a couple of times, once memorably making a bare-handed play and hitting a home run in his first game back from the IL after no rehab games. Returning to the lineup without a rehab assignment was late-career Chipper Jones-type stuff. ![]() He had some good at-bats, and he’s a weapon at short.” He had an unbelievable game at shortstop today, just the plays that he made. Anything can happen (if the runner advances) - passed ball, blocked ball, error, ball over the infield, whatever. “I love the fact that he has the confidence to make a play. “That’s a risky, high-reward play,” manager Brian Snitker said. Combined with a strong catch-and-tag from Austin Riley, the play eliminated the lead runner on a critical fielder’s choice. MeRTBPP7bbĪrcia lined a double to the right-center gap in his second at-bat and showed his considerable arm strength on an off-balance throw from near second base to third base in the 10th inning. Went from still having a cast on his fractured wrist to back in lineup in under 2 weeks. #Braves’ Orlando Arcia working with Ron Washington on the field now. But ultimately, what I’m happiest about is that we got the win at the end of the day.” “I can’t even begin to speak about the amount of work that I put in to be at this spot. “Extremely happy,” Arcia said through an interpreter. The Braves discussed the situation with doctors and the training staff and decided to go for it. He lobbied hard for the Braves to activate him rather than spend time in Triple A. The Braves seemed prepared to go with Shewmake and Grissom in a shortstop platoon for a couple of more weeks until Arcia returned following a rehab assignment.īut Arcia, still in a cast less than two weeks ago, reported no issues in workouts the past several days after he was cleared to begin swinging a bat. I got up there first pitch and tried to hit something hard, and I did.”īraden Shewmake, the other of the middle-infield kids Washington referenced, was called up Friday and made his MLB debut that night. “So to see them walk Ozuna and want to have to face me, it kind of put a fire in my you-know-what. “I was having some good at-bats all game, and really wasn’t getting any (results),” Harris said. The game ended with Michael Harris II’s 12th-inning walk-off double after the Orioles intentionally walked Marcell Ozuna with one out and Ozzie Albies at second base. Without any injury-rehab assignment, Arcia played well Sunday in a 3-2 walk-off win against Baltimore. Now they get a chance to get back and gain the experience that they need.” “We were in the process of breaking some kids in, and those kids would have been getting the experience they need (in Triple A) if Arcia hadn’t gotten hurt. “He’s a pro, he’s done it before,” Washington said of Arcia on Sunday morning, a couple of hours after the Braves’ surprise announcement that Arcia was back from the injured list and Grissom had been optioned. But as much as he likes Grissom and wants to see him succeed, Washington, the Braves’ venerable third-base coach and infield guru, knew it was the right decision to option Grissom back to Triple-A Gwinnett and activate Arcia, who returned to the lineup Sunday just 3 1/2 weeks after being hit with a fastball that left him with a microfracture in his left wrist. ![]()
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