The Braves do not plan to have pitcher Gavin Floyd work out of the bullpen, manager Fredi Gonzalez told MLB.com Wednesday.
"He's one guy that would not go to the bullpen, I don't think, just because of the Tommy John [surgery]," Gonzalez said. "We all know how the bullpen thing is. You get up, you get down, you go in, you don't go in. You've got to warm up in 50 [games], and I don't want to do that to him."
Floyd impressed in his return from the disabled list Tuesday, and Gonzalez said he wants to keep Floyd in the rotation moving forward. Despite that, the team still hasn't scheduled Floyd for his next start.
The Braves still do not plan to use a six-man rotation, so a decision will need to be made about how the rotation will shake out. Alex Wood could be the odd-man out, given the team's desire to keep him on an innings limit this season.