{"id":80046,"date":"2025-08-19T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=80046"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:06:52","slug":"report-another-spencer-strider-implosion-makes-uncomfortable-2026-truth-much-clearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=80046","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Another Spencer Strider implosion makes uncomfortable 2026 truth much clearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-black font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">Spencer Strider&#8217;s struggles are starting to get concerning.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Milwaukee Brewers v Atlanta Braves\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_374,w_3590,h_2019\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01k300vjz9vt6p6gvyhr.jpg\" alt=\"Milwaukee Brewers v Atlanta Braves\" width=\"3590\" height=\"2019\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Milwaukee Brewers v Atlanta Braves | Casey Sykes\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The 2025 season has been one to forget for the\u00a0Atlanta Braves, as their 56-68 record entering Monday&#8217;s action would suggest.\u00a0Spencer Strider&#8217;s struggles\u00a0are only making things worse for Braves fans, and he had another rough outing on Monday. Facing the 44-80 Chicago White Sox at home, Strider allowed seven runs on 10 hits including a pair of home runs. Six of the seven runs he allowed came in the fourth inning &#8211; a frame in which he failed to record a single out.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1957606609410224605&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffansided.com%2Fmlb%2Fanother-spencer-strider-implosion-makes-uncomfortable-2026-truth-much-clearer&amp;sessionId=efff0f2d014734df2d58d8363dc2dac44b99cf50&amp;siteScreenName=fansided&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nIt\u2019s been a season to forget for Strider and the Braves in 2025.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4C68V8Fri\">pic.twitter.com\/d4C68V8Fri<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Just Baseball (@JustBB_Media)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustBB_Media\/status\/1957606609410224605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Strider now has a 5.24 ERA in 17 starts and 89.1 innings of work. Notably, he&#8217;s already allowed 17 home runs, just five shy of the mark he allowed in 2023, a season in which he made 32 starts and threw 186.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">To put it bluntly, Strider doesn&#8217;t look anything like the dominant force he was before undergoing internal brace procedure last season. This reality should force the Braves into an uncomfortable realization; Strider cannot be trusted as a frontline starter.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves cannot enter 2026 season expecting Spencer Strider of old to return<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Strider has struck out a good amount of batters, but his 26.9 percent strikeout rate entering Monday&#8217;s action, while above-average, is a far cry from his career mark of 34.7 percent. Strider led the league with 281 strikeouts in 2023, striking out nearly 100 more batters than innings pitched. Now, he&#8217;s struck out just 13 more batters than innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">His stuff is just nowhere near as dynamic as it once was. His velocity is down from where it was, and his slider isn&#8217;t nearly as sharp as it once was. I mean, this statistic is pretty telling regarding where his slider is as a pitch right now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_3_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\">\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_3_6_slot0\" data-gpid=\"23162276296\/fansided\/fansided\/fansided.com\/inarticle_d_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1957603713440215108&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffansided.com%2Fmlb%2Fanother-spencer-strider-implosion-makes-uncomfortable-2026-truth-much-clearer&amp;sessionId=efff0f2d014734df2d58d8363dc2dac44b99cf50&amp;siteScreenName=fansided&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s fair to expect pitchers to take some time to ease back into things coming off a major injury. I mean, Sandy Alcantara has looked like a shell of himself this season for the Miami Marlins. Perhaps Strider will find it in 2026, but he&#8217;s also been back for a while now. 17 starts is not a microscopic sample size, and he looks completely lost.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">I&#8217;m not here to say Strider will never recapture his previous form, but he has to show that he&#8217;s capable of doing so before the Braves expect it. This isn&#8217;t a conversation anyone wants to have, but it&#8217;s one the Braves must have if they want to win in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves 2026 rotation is full of major question marks<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There are reasons to believe that the Braves can rediscover their winning ways in 2026, and their rotation is perhaps the biggest reason why, but there&#8217;s no disputing that it&#8217;s full of questions even beyond Strider.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Chris Sale will be 37 years old next season, and his injury history is lengthy. Spencer Schwellenbach looks like an ace when healthy, but he&#8217;s out likely for the remainder of the season with a fractured elbow &#8211; who knows what he&#8217;ll look like when he returns? Reynaldo Lopez figures to be healthy next season, but he&#8217;ll have gone a full season without throwing a pitch. Grant Holmes hopes to be healthy after suffering a season-ending elbow injury, but again, the injury concerns are there with him too. AJ Smith-Shawver is out for the year. Hurston Waldrep finishing strongly would give the Braves an exciting arm to dream of, but he lacks much experience to make him fully trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The pieces are there for the Braves&#8217; rotation to be strong, but there are major health and performance concerns. Strider, obviously, fits in both categories now.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Might this result in Alex Anthopoulos signing a starter in free agency? That remains to be seen, but every start Strider struggles in adds to the argument that he probably should.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Strider&#8217;s struggles are starting to get concerning. 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