Atlanta Braves shut down Jonny Venters with soreness

Unfortunate news broke today dealing with Atlanta Braves lefthanded reliever Jonny Venters. According to Kevin McAlpin, with 680 The Fan, the team shut down Venters because of sorenoss after throwing recently:

This is an extremely scary setback for Venters, as he was on the road to recovering from his second Tommy John surgery. While the success rate of a first TJ is pretty comfortable with today’s medicine, coming back from two of them is much less likely.

Just over a week ago, it seemed that Venters was progressing nicely as MLB.com’s Mark Bowman wrote that he was hoping to return to the big leagues this year:

"When Jonny Venters underwent a second Tommy John surgery, there was little reason to believe he would ever regain the dominant form he possessed in 2010 and 2011. But 15 months removed from this surgery, Venters is still holding on to the hope that he might pitch in a Major League game this year.“Time is getting short,” Venters said. “Hopefully, I don’t have to throw too many live [batting practices] and I can get into a game as fast as I can.”Venters has been throwing off a mound over the past week with what he approximates to be an 80 percent effort level. While his left elbow has not been as bothersome as it was throughout most of the 2012 season and 2013 Spring Training, he is still battling some discomfort."

So far, there hasn’t been anything from the Atlanta Braves official Twitter account, but we’ll be sure to update you when and if any more information becomes available. In the meantime, we’re hoping that this isn’t anything more than some kind of preventive measure or minor setback.