43-year-old pitcher Tom Glavine, who was coming back from shoulder and elbow surgery, was released from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. He is the most winningest active pitcher in the majors with 305 career wins in the big leagues, the majority of which was spent with the Braves.

Glavine threw six scoreless innings in a rehab start for Class-A Rome on Tuesday night and said he was “very surprised” that the team released him when it seemed he was recovering well. The team said Glavine wasn’t cut because of the economy of salary issues.

“This was not a business decision,” general manager Frank Wren said. “This was a performance decision. We’ve been evaluating him the last four weeks and everyone felt we had a better chance to win at the major league level with one of our younger pitchers.”

Wren said the team thought Glavine’s comeback was “not working” and didn’t view his return to baseball as a successful move.

Whether or not Glavine decides to speak with other teams about continuing his career is yet to be known, but either way it’s only a matter of time before he joins the Hall of Fame.

Britt Braudo is a Blast contributing editor and sports blogger for Blast Magazine. She can be reached at britt.braudo@gmail.com.