{"id":610193,"date":"2026-04-16T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610193\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:05:12","slug":"bryce-elder-pitching-like-an-all-star-again-for-the-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/610193\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Elder pitching like an All-Star again for the Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA — Bryce Elder<\/a> is pitching like an All-Star again.<\/p>\n

Considered the weak link in the Atlanta rotation coming into the season, Elder has turned in four dominating starts to rekindle memories of his surprising 2023 season.<\/p>\n

Elder hurled scoreless ball into the sixth inning on Wednesday night, leading the Braves to a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This feels a little more complete,” the 26-year-old right-hander said. “I have more weapons. We’ll just try to keep it going.”<\/p>\n

Elder was a huge surprise for the Braves three years ago, earning an All-Star berth in his first full season while going 12-4.<\/p>\n

But he struggled mightily the last two seasons while bouncing back and forth between the majors and Triple-A Gwinnett. His ERA soared to 6.52 while making just 10 big league starts in 2024, followed by an 8-11 mark with a 5.30 ERA a year ago.<\/p>\n

Elder might’ve been done in Atlanta if not for a rash of injuries that ravaged the starting rotation, allowing him to claim the fourth slot in a makeshift group as the Braves wrapped up spring training.<\/p>\n

His performance over four starts — a 2-1 record with a 0.77 ERA — has manager Walt Weiss feeling good about his chances of remaining the rotation even when ailing pitchers such as Spencer Strider<\/a> and Spencer Schwellenbach<\/a> return to the mound.<\/p>\n

“He’s in a really good place,” Weiss said of Elder.<\/p>\n

He believes the Texan is a more complete pitcher than he was in ’23, with a diverse arsenal that helps him get by with a fastball in the low 90 mph range.<\/p>\n

Elder has paired an improved slider with a change-up and three different fastballs — a two-seamer, a four-seamer and a cutter — to keep hitters off balance. Despite the lack of overpowering stuff, he has 23 strikeouts in 23\u2153 innings.<\/p>\n

“All his stuff has really picked up,” Weiss said. “He’s throwing the ball really well.”<\/p>\n

Elder doesn’t want to get too far ahead of himself. Better than almost anyone, he knows how quickly things can change. This time, he wants to show a bit of staying power.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had a lot of good runs and I’ve had a lot bad runs,” Elder said. “More than anything, I’m just trying to treat it like one day at a time. Just keep my stuff crisp, keep my work right, and whatever happens that day is what happens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA — Bryce Elder is pitching like an All-Star again. Considered the weak link in the Atlanta rotation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-610193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}