{"id":598047,"date":"2026-04-12T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/598047\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:05:10","slug":"braves-spencer-strider-throws-batting-practice-eyes-may-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/598047\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves&#8217; Spencer Strider throws batting practice, eyes May return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 11, 2026, 05:35 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>ATLANTA &#8212; Injured starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4307825\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Strider<\/a> took another step toward returning to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"122673a3-bf06-4432-6950-b8a32e52ac2e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>&#8216; rotation on Saturday by throwing three innings of batting practice at Truist Park.<\/p>\n<p>Braves manager Walt Weiss said Strider felt good after throwing three simulated innings and said the 27-year-old right-hander will likely make a rehab start on Thursday and throw 40 to 45 pitches. Strider has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/48287309\/braves-spencer-strider-start-season-injured-list\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been on the injured list<\/a> since March 22 with a Grade 1 left oblique strain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s on the right path,&#8221; Weiss said. &#8220;With starters, it takes time. We&#8217;ve got to build him back up now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Weiss does not anticipate Strider rejoining the Braves before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Strider, in full uniform, hit 95 mph during his three innings against batters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s no adrenaline, right?&#8221; Weiss said of the mid-90s fastballs. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think he had adrenaline for BP, but you never know with Strider. All signs are pointing in the right direction. Physically where he&#8217;s at, mentally, emotionally, he&#8217;s handled this very well. All things point the right way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Braves are missing projected starter <a data-player-guid=\"f805dbf1-b179-3ce5-8e7f-dbd027796296\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4424862\/spencer-schwellenbach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Schwellenbach<\/a>, along with Strider, yet lead the NL East at 9-5 and have had seven quality starts in their first 14 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 11, 2026, 05:35 PM ET ATLANTA &#8212; Injured starter Spencer Strider took another step toward returning to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-598047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}