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- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — While every Major League team will have some level of concern about any of their pitchers who choose to participate in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, the Braves are confident Julio Teheran has been around long enough to know how to make the most of this experience and also properly prepare for the regular season.
“Julio is a veteran, he kind of knows what to do,” Braves president of baseball operations John Hart said. “He’ll be with us [at the start of Spring Training] and then be back and forth. It’s not as tough for a pitcher [as opposed to a position player] to sort of miss time in camp. You’ve got a pitching coach that knows the schedule, and Julio knows when to throw his [side sessions] and how to work in between starts. The only real problem is these guys have to ramp up earlier.”
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Teheran’s preseason preparations will be slightly altered as he is set to pitch for his native Colombia, which will open Pool C …
