{"id":734048,"date":"2026-06-13T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734048\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:07:43","slug":"braves-right-hander-spencer-strider-exits-vs-mets-with-arm-soreness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734048\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves right-hander Spencer Strider exits vs. Mets with arm soreness"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 Atlanta Braves<\/a> pitcher Spencer Strider<\/a> will undergo imaging after he left Friday night against the New York Mets in the fourth inning because of right shoulder and elbow soreness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s never good when a guy walks off the field,\u201d Braves manager Walt Weiss said after a late comeback bid by Atlanta fell short in a 7-5 loss. \u201cWe\u2019ll get the images taken and we\u2019ll see what they say. But it doesn\u2019t look great as we stand here right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strider left one batter into the fourth and allowed six hits and a season-worst seven earned runs in three innings while taking the defeat. He struck out three. He allowed three homers, including a grand slam to Bo Bichette in the second inning.<\/p>\n

Strider\u2019s velocity was considerably lower as he issued a six-pitch walk to MJ Melendez. The three fastballs Strider threw during the at-bat were all at either 88 or 89 mph, down from the 92 to 96 mph pitches he threw in the first two innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe alarm bells went off when we started seeing the upper 80s with his fastball,\u201d Weiss said.<\/p>\n

Weiss and a trainer visited Strider, who underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in 2019 and had the UCL in his right elbow repaired with an internal brace in April 2024.<\/p>\n

Weiss said Strider let them know of the elbow and shoulder discomfort and that he wasn\u2019t aware of the reduced velocity. Strider walked off the mound after a short consultation.<\/p>\n

Strider was making his eighth start of the season for the MLB-leading Braves after missing the first 34 games recovering from a strained left oblique. He is 4-2 with a 5.31 ERA this season and 11-16 with a 4.66 ERA since returning from the elbow surgery last year.<\/p>\n

Strider was 32-10 with a 3.47 ERA in his first 67 big league appearances prior to the internal brace procedure. He became baseball\u2019s most recent 20-game winner in 2023, when he went 20-5 while reaching 200 strikeouts in 130 innings \u2014 the fastest any pitcher has ever gotten to 200 whiffs in season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been through a lot in the last few years, trying to work his way back,\u201d Weiss said.<\/p>\n

JR Ritchie replaced Strider on Friday and threw the final five innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider will undergo imaging after he left Friday night against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-734048","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\/734048","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=734048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}