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Braves' Foltynewicz hospitalized with blood clots in arm (The Associated Press)

ATLANTA (AP) -- Braves right-hander Mike Foltynewicz has been hospitalized because of blood clots in his right arm.

Assistant general manager John Coppolella said Sunday that Foltynewicz was taken to an emergency room on Friday with swelling and redness in his arm. Coppolella said Foltynewicz remained in Piedmont Hospital on Sunday.

The team said Foltynewicz is being monitored and treated with blood thinners.

''Our first and foremost thoughts are just for his health and just that he is OK,'' Coppolella said. He said the team is ''trying to evaluate really where to go from here.