The announcement on Monday afternoon from the Atlanta Braves honestly isn’t terribly surprising, but it is telling.
He’s made appearance in 6 of the 15 games thus far, logging just 2.2 innings. The reason for the low innings count involves the rest of his numbers:
- 5 walks
- 6 hits
- 6 earned runs
- a WHIP of 4.13 (base-runners per inning)
Yes: something is wrong with Jonny Venters… but honestly? It’s almost certainly got nothing whatsoever to do with the calf muscle on his right leg.
The sidelining of Venters is the courtesy given to a veteran player who’s ‘been there and done that’.