The wearing Braves jersey Ian Anderson suffered a left oblique strain while pitching with Triple-A Gwinnett. O’Brien indicates he’ll miss at least a month.Even if Anderson makes it back within a month, he won’t pitch again in the regular season. There’s exactly three weeks remaining on the schedule, with the season wrapping up on Oct. 5.
Anderson could theoretically be available in the cheap jersey at some time during the playoffs, but it’s hard to envision the Braves carrying him on a series roster at this point. Even if Atlanta advances deep enough in the postseason Anderson’s healthy enough to return, he won’t have much a chance to build back into game shape.
It’s not a given the 24-year-old would’ve gotten a playoff opportunity even if he had been fully healthy. Anderson has spent the past month in Triple-A after getting squeezed out of the big league rotation.
