{"id":110891,"date":"2025-10-22T07:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110891"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:56:12","slug":"braves-starting-rotation-outlook-heading-into-2026-season-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110891","title":{"rendered":"Braves&#8217; starting rotation outlook heading into 2026 season | Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no sugarcoating it; the Atlanta Braves experienced some devastating injuries to the starting rotation in 2025 that led to a complete dependency on any starting pitcher in MLB with a pulse.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves lost their three best starting pitchers in the span of a month in July. Chris Sale had a rib injury, Spencer Schwellenbach fractured his right elbow and did not return to the rotation last season, and Grant Holmes also went down with an elbow injury.<\/p>\n<p>So, with these guys healthy, who else rounds out the Braves&#8217; projected rotation heading into next season?<\/p>\n<h2>The Braves might want to consider adding in free agency.<\/h2>\n<p>The number one priority of the Braves&#8217; front office, besides finding a manager to replace Brian Snitker, is to add to this pitching staff. This is now two years in a row where some of the Braves&#8217; top-level arms went down, and they have had to limp to the end of the season with half of a competent rotation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Marietta Daily Journal,\u00a0Braves president of baseball operations, Alex Anthopoulos, revealed how the Braves\u2019 rotation will be a top priority during the winter season.<\/p>\n<p>Reynaldo Lopez is another option that may get meaningful starts for Atlanta, but his injuries in 2025 lingered to the point that he never pitched. The Braves won&#8217;t give up on Spencer Strider just yet, so he&#8217;s likely to receive a lot of starts. Schwellenbach and Sale should also be healthy to start the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s three quality options right there, but Atlanta could add to that if its front office spends a little in free agency. They don&#8217;t need to target the top arms in the market because they already have Schwellenbach and Sale, but another cost-efficient starter or two may go a long way for the Braves in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<h2>More MLB news:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Braves&#8217; $73 million all-star will be in positional battle in 2026<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Braves urged to trade for Rays&#8217; 2.83 ERA reliever to bolster bullpen<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Marlins have expressed interest in Yankees&#8217; Devin Williams<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Nationals&#8217; 185 strikeout starter named &#8216;prime target&#8217; in trade with Guardians<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who can the Braves count on next season in the rotation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":110892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Braves&#039; 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