After a catastrophic start to the season, the Braves of Atlanta are a little better recently, they who play for, 500 in their last ten games.
And things could go even better, since the representatives of Georgia have reinstated the Spencer Strider launcher in the alignment of the adults this morning (Wednesday) after his stay on the list of fifteen days injured.
As a movement of corresponding personnel, the braves sent the right -handers Zach Thompson in the minor leagues, Thompson had launched three rounds and two thirds in it without granting a point or a safe blow in two appearances in the last week.
Strider will therefore make his debut in 2025 this afternoon against the Blue Jays in Toronto. The right -hander has not played in the MLB since April 5, 2024, he who underwent an operation to repair a tear at the right elbow on April 12 of the same year, which dismissed him for the rest of the season.
The 26 -year -old man launched four rounds in the grapefruit league, but he still needed time before being automatically for a regular seasonal match in major baseball. He posted an average deserved points of 1.32 and a whip of 0.732 in three departures with Gwinnett at the AAA level.
Strider quickly became one of the best launchers on the Manfred circuit before his injury. Between its beginnings in the MLB in 2021 and the end of the 2023 regular season, the artilleryman compiled a file of 32 gains against 10 losses with an average deserved points of 3.37 and a WAR of 6.8.
The first throw between the Braves and the Blue Jays is scheduled for 1:07 p.m. (Quebec time) today. Strider will face Chris Bassitt, who has a 1-0 sheet and an average deserved points of 0.98 in three departures this season.
