The Atlanta Braves have placed Jason Heyward on the disabled list following an appendectomy.

Heyward had surgery at Rose Medical Center in Denver late on Monday.

He was off to a slow start, batting .121 with two homers and five RBIs.

"A couple of days ago when we were in Pittsburgh, he felt like he had some stomach fires going," Fredi Gonzalez said, "and then it just kept getting more localized, moving to his right side."