Why am I telling you this? Well, because Monday night was the first night of Jordan Schafer's rehab stint with the Rome Braves. Jordan is coming back from a wrist injury that cost him the majority of his rookie season. Some might not know this, but he wasn't completely overwhelmed last season. I'm sure he wasn't exactly comfortable either, but most of his struggles can be pin pointed back to him fracturing his wrist at the Braves home opener last year. Hopefully he can regain his wrist strength and be the players us Braves fans know he is!
Joining us autograph hounds and baseball fans this evening was Braves GM Frank Wren, who I'm assuming was anxious as the rest of us to see how Jordan would fare in his first real game back.
As always, the required view from my seat:
Since I was so close to the field, it was easy to get a few picture of Mr. Schafer. Unfortunately the net didn't want to cooperate.
Final Score:
W: Jack McGeary (2-0)
L: Ryan Weber (0-2)
Notes from the Game
David Hale had a good start for the Braves. Outside of this game this year, he's struggled pretty bad. Hopefully this will get him going in the right direction.
Jordan looked pretty good at the plate, beyond his first at bat where his bat didn't leave his shoulders. After that, he put the ball in play each time and finally found a hole in the 9th with a nice, solid, line drive.
Of course, being an autograph collector, I stayed afterward and got a few signatures. Jordan was friendly with everyone after the game and didn't mind signing at all. Can't get much better than that
Julio Teheran
Jordan Schafer
Jordan Schafer
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