Atlanta Braves Top Prospect Ozzie Albies Injures His Right Forearm On Swing

Jeff Schafer

Mar 12, 2016; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; Atlanta Braves shortstop Ozzie Albies (87) loses his helmet whole running to third base during the sixth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Champion Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Braves Top Prospect Could Miss Time

This ever what you want to hear about your top prospect – Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies left Wednesday night’s game after apparently injuring his right forearm after a swing.

In the sixth inning of the Mississippi Braves’ playoff game against Pensacola, Ozzie took a swing on a ball that was in on his hands, immediately following the cut, he grabbed his arm.

The bottom of that inning, Pensacola scored a run and in the 7th they scored two more. The M-Braves fell in game on of the divisional round matchup, 6-5.

Nothing official has come out about the significance of the injury, but just by first glance it doesn’t look good. I’m sure the teams doctors are doing their tests and seeing what they find. Hopefully Albies is just day-to-day, but you never know.

Here is the injury…

@mlbbowman pic.twitter.com/NjrNDVE9mY
— Steve Hardy (@Shardy1963) September 8, 2016

From where he grabs, it looks like it’s either his forearm or his elbow, but the injury is definitely on his throwing arm. It could be a strain, something broke, something popped, just a bruise…who knows. But if it is something significant, this could hurt the Atlanta Braves 2017 plans.

And a couple updates from Twitter…

The Braves are expected to provide details about Albies' injury later today. It didn't look good.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) September 8, 2016

I can't say a word. I can only describe what I saw. https://t.co/7bx3qJTa6s
— Kyle Tait (@TaitVoice) September 8, 2016

For Albies, the pitch was in on the hands, he inside-outted to left side. Came back clutching right arm. No report on the injury.
— Kyle Tait (@TaitVoice) September 8, 2016

Early indication is Ozzie Albies suffered a right elbow injury that did not damage the ligament. He's being evaluated by Dr. Andrews today.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) September 8, 2016

Yeah, while Albies might have suffered a fracture or something similar, it's encouraging the ligament appears OK https://t.co/tN8pltBaNa
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) September 8, 2016

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News is suppose to come out about this injury later today.

We’re all counting on you. We’re all losing sleep because of this. We all can’t believe until we know you’re all right. So please be okay Ozzie, please!

Jeff Schafer

"Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true." - Dale Murphy......Jeff began playing baseball at a young age and has continued to play the great game ever since. He attended Pfeiffer University on a baseball scholarship but after getting injured his sophomore season, he decided to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he became President of the Club Baseball team.Jeff is an Emmy Award winning Producer with great knowledge of baseball as well as insight of the game. He is always looking for the story no one else is covering or possible leads from popular stories.