“Pitcher Tim Hudson has a potentially severe elbow injury, the latest blow in a nightmarish season that can’t end soon enough for the Braves. “It’s in the ligament area [and] it’s more than inflammation,” Braves general manager Frank Wren said during a hastily called press conference in the fifth inning of Monday night’s 12-3 loss to St. Louis at Turner Field. An MRI done Monday afternoon showed damage in the ulnar collateral ligament area of the elbow, though Hudson and Wren said it wasn’t known if he has a torn ligament that would require season-ending “Tommy John” ligament-transplant surger