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Braves Happy With Gamble On Ben Sheets

Aug 04, 2012 3:12 PM EST

The Braves are very happy after having taken a risk on Ben Sheets, who was out of baseball for nearly two years.

Sheets underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2010.

"I wasn't thinking I was looking at some broken-down guy trying to make a comeback," general manager Frank Wren said of watching the right-hander throw. "I'm sitting there watching, saying, 'That's Ben Sheets.'"

Sheets agreed to a minor league contract with Atlanta on July 1.

Sheets is 3-1 with a 1.46 ERA and 23 strikeouts in less than 25 innings.

Via Ken Rosenthal/FOX Sports