Braves manager Walt Weiss provides timeline for Spencer Strider's return from oblique injury
Spencer Strider isn't too far away from a return to the mound.
Braves manager Walt Weiss provides timeline for Spencer Strider's return from oblique injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Atlanta Braves did not have a kind Spring Training when it came to their rotation.
However, they made the best of the situation. One concerning issue was that several starters saw a drop in velocity. “I've noticed a lot of Braves starters aren't throwing as hard as usual in spring, even Chris Sale.
(Grant Holmes is the exception here). I'm starting to think this is intentional, but it's truly an unknown right now and I'm sure many folks will be worried until they show the gas,” Braves Today’s Lindsay Crosby wrote. During Spring Training, the Braves faced major questions surrounding their starting rotation after losing Hurston Waldrep, Spencer Schwellenbach, and Joey Wentz.
To make matters worse, just a few days before the start of the regular season, Spencer Strider was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury. “In the latest blow to the Atlanta Braves' starting rotation, right-hander Spencer Strider will begin the season on the injured list after being diagnosed with an oblique strain, manager Walt Weiss told reporters Monday. Strider had been scheduled to start in Monday's spring training finale against Pittsburgh before being scratched,” ESPN wrote.