![]() ![]() The Braves listed their starters for this weekend’s series against the Rockies in this order: Smith-Shawver (Thursday), Jared Shuster (Friday), Bryce Elder (Saturday) and Charlie Morton (Sunday).ĭodd is the 27th man, so the Braves didn’t have to officially recall him. This way, Dodd starts, and they can push everyone back a day to eliminate a future decision. This was rather smart: Had Strider and Smith-Shawver – two rotation members – both started Wednesday, the Braves would’ve needed a starter for Sunday because no one would be on regular rest. They selected Dylan Dodd as their 27th man, and made him the Game 2 starter. But after Tuesday’s postponement, the Braves listed a “TBA” for Game 2 of Wednesday’s doubleheader. “Got ‘em all out of the way early, that was good.”īraves call on Dodd as 27th man, return him to minorsĪJ Smith-Shawver was scheduled to start Wednesday. “Statistically speaking, you can’t give up more than three home runs that often,” he said. One reporter asked if he felt encouraged by the way he bounced back after a tough first couple of innings, and Strider responded, in part, in a way only he would. The Braves won both.Īfter giving up the three homers Wednesday, Strider actually recovered and only allowed one more run over the next three innings. Strider has not pitched well over his past two starts. That’s the silver lining is he pitched well enough to win.” It wasn’t what he wanted, but he got a win out of it. “This thing, it’s hard,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said after Strider’s start. He probably has too much talent – and is far too smart – for these struggles to continue forever. This is his first season as a full-time member of the starting rotation. ![]() He’s still striking out a lot of batters, but he’s looked mortal in a way he didn’t last season. In 2023, opponents have hit 12 homers off Strider over 78-2/3 innings. To put the homers in perspective: Last season, Strider allowed seven of them over 131-2/3 innings. “I gotta figure some things out that I’m doing, to put me in a position to execute. “Execution is always important, no matter how well anything’s working or how you feel,” Strider said. Recently, a couple of the homers off Strider have come on pitches right down the middle. Credit to everybody else continuing to pick me up and play well. Fortunately, we’ve been able to, when I’ve pitched, but certainly not because of anything I’ve done. I’m not really putting us in a position to win the game very often. I don’t want to go out there and be a liability. I mean, I feel, in some ways, like I actually made some progress (Wednesday),” he said. Strider has alluded to fighting himself mechanically. In his past five starts, he gave up 19 earned runs over 27 innings. Over his past two starts, he surrendered 14 runs on 15 hits over nine innings. He served up a career-high three home runs. In the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, Strider allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings. “We won the game, that’s what matters, so credit to everybody else.” “It wasn’t very good,” he said of Wednesday’s start in Detroit. ![]()
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