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03/23 09:46 CDT Braves starter Spencer Strider will begin season on injured
list because of strained oblique
Braves starter Spencer Strider will begin season on injured list because of
strained oblique
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) --- Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider will
start the season on the injured list because of a strained oblique, the team
announced Monday.
Strider had been scheduled to start in Monday's spring training finale against
Pittsburgh before being scratched. Braves manager Walt Weiss told reporters the
team is hopeful Strider will miss only a couple of weeks.
The 27-year-old Strider is aiming to take another step forward now that he's
two years removed from right elbow surgery. Strider missed most of 2024 and
returned to the majors last year, going 7-14 with a 4.45 ERA in 23 starts.
He went 2-0 with a 3.24 ERA in 8 1/3 innings of work in spring training for the
Braves as he tries to regain the form he showed in 2023, when the All-Star led
the majors with 20 victories and 281 strikeouts.
The injury is the latest setback for Atlanta's pitching staff, which already
has seen starters Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep placed on the
60-day injured list following elbow surgery.
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