Braves ace Spencer Strider has injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in his proper elbow and shall be additional evaluated by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas, the Braves introduced Saturday.
Strider knowledgeable the group’s medical employees of proper elbow discomfort after he labored via 4 innings of Atlanta’s 6-5, 10-inning win over the D-backs on Friday and he was despatched for an MRI on Saturday morning.
“I believed it was simply a kind of nights,” supervisor Brian Snitker stated on Friday. “Then he got here in and was complaining about his elbow.”
Strider allowed 5 runs and 7 hits over simply 4 innings. He struck out 4 and walked three. This was the eighth time in 54 begins he has accomplished 4 innings or fewer. However it was simply the sixth time he didn’t tally not less than 5 strikeouts as a starter.
Strider established himself as the sport’s prime strikeout artist whereas tallying an MLB-best 483 strikeouts over the previous two years. His 37.3 p.c strikeout price as a beginning pitcher from 2022-23 (minimal 200 innings) was simply higher than the one produced by Shohei Ohtani, who ranked second with a 32.4 p.c price.
Lacking bats is Strider’s forte. So, after having fun with a dominant Spring Coaching and an environment friendly Opening Day begin in Philadelphia, there was cause to note the Braves hurler induced simply 12 whiffs throughout his 88-pitch outing. That is the sixth-lowest complete he has induced whereas throwing not less than 80 pitches.