The Atlanta Braves will be holding their collective breaths as they await word on the health of one of their best pitchers.
Braves starter Jair Jurrjens will travel to Atlanta later this week to have an MRI on his sore right shoulder.
Jurrjens reported to camp a week before pitchers and catchers were scheduled to arrive on Friday, expressing lingering soreness in his throwing shoulder.
The 24-year-old hurler was examined by a Braves athletic trainer this week, who found JurrjensÆrotator cuff and labrum in his shoulder to be structurally sound.
The teamÆs decision to have Jurrjens undergo an MRI seems to be a precautionary measure at this point and no cause for immediate concern.
The Braves are hopeful that Jurrjens is just experiencing normal soreness and will be diagn ...
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Atlanta Braves’ Jair Jurrjens To Have Sore Right Shoulder Examined
Posted: 16th February 2010 by Daria Del Colliano in MLBComments Off on Atlanta Braves’ Jair Jurrjens To Have Sore Right Shoulder Examined