Reblogged from HardballTalk:

Less than a month ago Braves catcher Brian McCann said he was optimistic about being ready to return from shoulder surgery by Opening Day, but apparently that optimism has vanished.

“I’m not close,” McCann told David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. "Just started hitting off a tee. I started throwing last week, from 45 feet. Sixty feet this week.

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