{"id":56191,"date":"2025-05-19T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56191"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:40:50","slug":"braves-expected-to-activate-spencer-strider-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56191","title":{"rendered":"Braves Expected To Activate Spencer Strider On Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header>By Nick Deeds | <time datetime=\"2025-05-18T22:50:06-05:00\">May 18, 2025<\/time> at <time datetime=\"2025-05-18T22:50:06-05:00\">10:50pm CDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>The Braves optioned right-hander <strong>Bryce Elder<\/strong> to the minor leagues to call up southpaw <strong>Dylan Dodd<\/strong> earlier this weekend. The 2023 All-Star had a middling 4.50 ERA and 4.92 FIP in eight starts in the majors to this point in the season, so the club\u2019s decision to send Elder to Triple-A is hardly a shock. That said, it\u2019s still notable given that it opens up a spot in the rotation behind <strong>Chris Sale<\/strong>, <strong>Spencer Schwellenbach<\/strong>, <strong>AJ Smith-Shawver<\/strong>, and <strong>Grant Holmes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, Dodd seems like the obvious candidate to take that role considering that the lefty has started seven of his eight MLB appearances so far in his career. Dodd has moved to the bullpen full time at Triple-A this year, however, and Mark Bowman of MLB.com reported today that right-hander <strong>Spencer Strider<\/strong> is actually the one who will take Elder\u2019s spot in the rotation after he\u2019s activated from the injured list on May 20.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old missed nearly all of last season after undergoing internal brace surgery on his UCL early last year. The righty made it back to the big league mound just over a month ago and struck out five across five innings of one-run ball, but suffered a hamstring injury shortly thereafter while playing catch in preparation for his second start of the season. Rather than take any chances with Strider pitching on a balky hamstring, Atlanta placed him back on the injured list, where he\u2019s remained for the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears Strider is finally poised to take his second start of the 2025 season. It was reported last week that Strider was scheduled to throw a 70-to-75 pitch simulated game in preparation for his return to action, at which point the club would decide whether to send him on a short rehab assignment or activate him directly off of the injured list. It seems they\u2019ve opted to go with the latter option in order to get Strider back to the majors as quickly as possible. A disastrous 0-7 start to the season has become little more than a bad memory, as the 24-23 Braves are just four games back of a playoff spot and five games back of the Mets in the NL East.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s hardly an insurmountable deficit, particularly for a club that\u2019s hoping to get a healthy, vintage performance from Strider the rest of the way. The hard-throwing righty was among the best pitchers in baseball in his first two MLB seasons as he posted a 3.36 ERA with a 2.43 FIP and a 37.4% strikeout rate from 2022 to 2023. If he can offer anything close to that sort of a production for a rotation that already features the reigning NL Triple Crown winner in Sale and a pair of electric young arms in Schwellenbach and Smith-Shawver, Atlanta should be a force to be reckoned with moving forward this year before even considering the fact that <strong>Ronald Acuna Jr.<\/strong>\u2019s own return may be just around the corner or that All-Stars <strong>Ozzie Albies<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Harris II<\/strong> have yet to produce offensively this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>View Comments (12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Strider is coming back to the Atlanta rotation for the second time this year. 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