CHARLOTTE — Amid any talk of whether the Braves will be buyers or sellers leading into MLB’s July 31 trade deadline is a realization: this team could be upgraded simply by getting healthy.
Utility player Sean Rodriguez continued his rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday in Charlotte with what he’s calling his “bionic shoulder” as he works his way back from surgery to repair a torn right rotator cuff suffered in an offseason car crash.
“I’ve got a lot of hardware in there,” Rodriguez said. “But it will hold.”
And it could see him finally arrive in Atlanta much sooner than expected.