Eric O’Flaherty has been pitching with a visible knot in his left elbow, a knot that was indifferent to his desire to keep pitching and help his team. On Friday, the veteran reliever and the Braves conceded as much when O’Flaherty was placed on the 15-day disabled list with neuritis in his pitching elbow.
O’Flaherty, 31, will have the elbow examined to determine if surgery of some kind is necessary or even a viable option to help alleviate the condition he’s deal with for much of the season and that worsened in recent weeks. He was 1-4 with a 6.