Glavine

ATLANTA — Braves general manager Frank Wren said Sunday he had no comment on a report Tom Glavine may file a grievance against the team following his release last Wednesday.

Glavine said Friday he believes he was released for financial reasons and to clear a roster spot for Tommy Hanson, who made his major league debut Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Wren, team chairman Terry McGuirk and president John Schuerholz said Glavine was released because they did not believe the 43-year-old left-hander would make a successful return from surgery on his elbow and shoulder.

Glavine would have received a $1 million bonus if he had been activated from the disabled list for Sunday's start, as he expected.

"I don't believe for a minute that it was totally a performance-related issue, which I'm totally fine with, but I would have appreciated the honesty," Glavine said Friday.

According to the collective-bargaining agreement, players can't be released because of financial reasons.