CONGRATS: Prado Gets The Call

Well the injury bug has struck the parent club again so that means someone has to go up.

An MRI taken in Atlanta on Thursday morning showed that Braves second baseman Marcus Giles has a sprained ligament in his left middle finger. With shortstop Edgar Renteria likely out until at least Sunday because of a strained left rib cage, the Braves have decided to promote Martin Prado your Mississippi Braves.

Prado marks the first promotion this season directly to Atlanta from Mississippi. It also proves that anytime the M-Braves go to West Tenn someone might get the callup. Last year Brian McCann was called up on June 8th as the Braves were in Jackson, TN on an off day before taking on the D-Jaxx. Blaine Boyer was called up a few days later (6.12) before another game versus West Tenn.

Prado was the easy choice because he was already on the 40-man roster. To make room for Prado, the Braves will send one of their relievers back to Triple-A Richmond. It will likely be Peter Moylan, the right-handed hurler from Australia, who allowed one hit and completed a scoreless inning in his only appearance with Atlanta.

Because they've had three of their starters toss complete games in the span of their past five games, the Braves can afford to go with a 10-man pitching staff for a few days. Their bullpen has worked just five innings since last Friday's game against the Giants.

Compiled by
Bryan Eubank
from Wire Reports