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Teheran placed on DL with back ailment
- Updated: August 3, 2016
ATLANTA — After exiting his start on Saturday, Braves ace Julio Teheran was hopeful that his velocity drop isn’t a sign of an ailment that would require a couple weeks of rest. The All-Star became more concerned when he awoke on Sunday morning feeling some discomfort around the same back muscle that had bothered him the previous weekend.
Opting not to take any chances, the Braves further depleted their rotation on Tuesday afternoon, when they placed Teheran on the disabled list with a strained right lat muscle, which is located below and behind the shoulder.
“I didn’t feel it while I was pitching, but the next day I was pretty sore, and that’s when we knew we needed to do something,” said Teheran, who had never previously been on the disabled list.
Teheran exited a July 22 start at Coors Field because of tightness in his right lat muscle, but the progress he made over the next few days led the Braves to simply push his next scheduled start back two …
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