Braves expect to activate Soriano against Marlins

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Evening Update for 7/19
Published 7/20/2008 by Eric Stashin at Rotoprofessor
Chico Harlan of the Washington Post (click here for the post) is reporting that Lastings Milledge is set to begin his rehab assignment tomorrow.  He has “been running and taking swings”, so we’ll have to wait and see how long he needs to rehab for.  Just sit tight if you’re waiting on him, it probably won’t be too much longer. Harlan also speculates that Ryan Zimmerman will return to the Nationals this Tuesday, though that is certainly unconfirmed.  He has played a few games in his rehab, going 5-17.  He struggled earlier this season but he should not be on the waiver wire.  He has a proven track and could be a difference maker the rest of the season. According to Carroll Rodgers of The Atlanta ...

Glavine/Soriano/Diaz Update
Published 7/20/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
A lot of things going on with injured Braves making their way back to the line up. Tom Glavine threw 40 pitches from a mound yesterday in Atlanta at about 60% effort. “I actually threw pretty good, which I was kind of surprised about since I hadn’t thrown in six weeks,” said Glavine It’s encouraging news for sure. Listen having him back in the rotation would be a great help, even if he can only go about 5 innings per start. That way we can send either Morton or Reyes back to Triple A and let them get their starts down there. According to the AJC, Rafael Soriano should be ready to go and activated tomorrow in time for the ...