{"id":82283,"date":"2024-08-06T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82283"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:55:09","slug":"michael-harris-ii-rehab-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/06\/michael-harris-ii-rehab-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves Breakout Player Takes Significant Step Towards Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves received encouraging news about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrimi04.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Harris II<\/a>. The Braves announced that Harris will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, per Justin Toscano of the <em>AJC<\/em>. Harris, who is on the injured list, is eligible to return on August 14. Barring any setbacks, he should return then to help the Braves for the stretch run. Atlanta is 60-51 and holds the first spot in the National League Wild Card race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michael Harris II begins a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinCToscano\/status\/1820823405899243777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Harris II to Begin Rehab Assignment Tuesday<\/h2>\n<p>Harris has been out since the middle of June due to a Grade 2 hamstring strain. He was on the 10-day IL before being transferred to the 60-day IL to add space to the roster. In Harris&#8217; absence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kelenja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarred Kelenic<\/a> took over center field duties with time spent in left field. The former Rookie of the Year started all 67 games in center field for Atlanta this year. He hasn&#8217;t had a good third season, posting a .250\/.295\/.358 batting line prior to his injury. When Harris returns, the Braves will have a deeper outfield. They recreated the magic of their 2021 World Series run by bringing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/solerjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jorge Soler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rosared01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eddie Rosario<\/a>. Soler is playing in right field with Adam working as a short-side platoon bat with Kelenic now in left field.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is one more bat who can help the Braves get going as they&#8217;ve received little production from their outfielders since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/acunaro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronald Acuna Jr.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/26\/acuna-acl-braves-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">tore his ACL<\/a>. Harris had taken over the leadoff spot against right-handed pitchers following Acuna&#8217;s injury. Aside from the Acuna injury, the Braves have seen their fair share of injuries this season. However, getting Harris back is good news as it&#8217;s a step closer to full strength. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/albieoz01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-06_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ozzie Albies<\/a>, who&#8217;s out with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/21\/braves-ozzie-albies-injured-list-wrist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">fractured wrist<\/a>, could return in early September.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves received encouraging news about Michael Harris II. The Braves announced that Harris will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, per Justin Toscano of the AJC. Harris, who is on the injured list, is eligible to return on August 14. Barring any setbacks, he should return then to help the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":82287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1071],"tags":[130,661,1992,780,6252,143,1982],"class_list":["post-82283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-mlb","tag-adam-duvall","tag-eddie-rosario","tag-jarred-kelenic","tag-jorge-soler","tag-michael-harris-ii","tag-ozzie-albies","tag-ronald-acuna-jr"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}