ATLANTA — Promising rookie Sean Newcomb — not struggling veteran Bartolo Colon — will start for the Atlanta Braves against the San Francisco Giants in the third game of the four-game series Wednesday night at SunTrust Park.
Colon was slated to come off the 10-day disabled list and rejoin the rotation, but that changed when the 44-year-old experienced back tightness during a bullpen session Monday.
“He tried to throw and it didn’t go very good,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “It’s kind of best, I think, if we hold off on him for a while.”
Colon, who has 235 career victories, went on the DL with a left oblique strain June 6 after the right-hander fell to 2-7 with a 7.