{"id":39757,"date":"2025-03-09T06:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T06:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39757"},"modified":"2025-03-09T06:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T06:31:42","slug":"braves-spencer-strider-overwhelming-even-nasty-in-live-batting-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39757","title":{"rendered":"Braves\u2019 Spencer Strider overwhelming, even \u2018nasty,\u2019 in live batting practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div data-start-index=\"0\">\n<p data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/resizer\/v2\/EUZFDOG2WMJ6OL66AWJNUXLGDY.jpg?auth=00652372c4d1968c3f70230c8556b2b3bacaedadd5cf4b5e30c3cf18042d93ce&amp;width=790&amp;height=440&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider throws a ball during spring training workouts at CoolToday Park, Friday, February 14, 2025, North Port, Florida. (Hyosub Shin \/ AJC)\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-index=\"1\">NORTH PORT, Fla. \u2014 In a test of his surgically repaired elbow, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider was impressive in a 30-pitch live batting practice session at CoolToday Park on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"2\">It was believed to be his second such workout this spring in his return from April 2024 surgery to repair a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in his right (pitching) elbow.<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"5\">Pitching to catcher Curt Casali with no other players on the field, Strider pitched to Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Ozzie Albies across two simulated innings. Facing them a total of seven times, Strider recorded four strikeouts against one walk with a number of swing-and-misses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-start-index=\"5\">\n<p data-index=\"6\">The 2023 major league strikeout king appeared to hold nothing back, mixing fastballs with breaking pitches and change-ups.<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"7\">After waving at a breaking pitch for the third strike in one at-bat, Albies walked out of the batter\u2019s box with a five-star review: \u201cThat was nasty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"8\">The two put one ball in play with solid contact. Acu\u00f1a, himself returning from a torn ACL, took his swings with a brace on his left knee.<\/p>\n<p data-index=\"10\">The expectation for the 26-year-old Strider remains that he will not be on the opening-day roster and could make his season debut in late April or early May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Ozzie Albies a total of seven times, Strider recorded four strikeouts against one walk with a number of swing-and-misses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39757","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\u2019 Spencer Strider overwhelming, even \u2018nasty,\u2019 in live batting practice - 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