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Braves reliever Shae Simmons is on track to rejoin the team within the next two weeks after he’s had some promising minor-league rehabilitation outings.
Simmons had Tommy John elbow surgery in February 2015 and the Braves placed him on a longer rehabilitation schedule than they’d used in the past. Entering Wednesday he’d pitched three innings in the minors this season while allowing two hits, no runs, striking out seven batters and walking three.
Simmons made appearances on May 16 and 18 for Triple-A Gwinnett and threw 32 pitches in each outing. Simmons threw 11 pitches in an appearance with Rome on Saturday.
“His secondary pitches were good when I saw him it was just (a matter of) the command of the fastball,” said Braves interim manager Brian Snitker, who was with the G-Braves when Simmons pitched for them last week. “As far as his health and velocity and all of that, it is right where it needs to be.”
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[ Ed. note: Simmons’ has still only had 3 outings as of yesterday, 2 with Gwinnett and one more with Rome (4 days ago). At the AAA level, he’s yielded 2 hits, 3 walks and struck out 6 in 2 innings… both outings with 32 pitches/17 strikes. When in Rome, it was a clean inning with 1 strikeout and 11 pitches. He’s getting close. ]