Tuesday night’s bout between the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs featured two top candidates for rookie of the year: Braves catcher Drake Baldwin and Cubs starter Cade Horton. Horton put on a show, setting down Baldwin three times.
Spencer Strider is doing away with his trademark look. The Atlanta Braves pitcher Strider shocked fans on Monday by showing up to his team’s game against the Chicago Cubs completely clean-shaven.
The wheels went off the tracks quickly for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, falling behind early and losing 18-2 to the Seattle Mariners. While Joey Wentz was a logical option to take over for Spencer Strider when switching up the rotation, his recent woes popped up again.
Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider was scratched ahead of his scheduled start against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon. The Braves announced the move and told reporters that the decision is not injury-related for Strider (5-12, 4.97 ERA), who is expected to pitch in the team's upcoming series opener versus the Chicago Cubs.
Despite losing his four starts last month, Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider has something to build on heading into his next outing on Monday afternoon at the Chicago Cubs.
August has been a better month for the Braves, especially for a few individuals, but it has not been so kind to Spencer Strider. Strider entered Monday night with a 15.43 ERA in the month over three starts, bloating his season ERA to north of 5.00.
Former Clemson Tigers pitcher Spencer Strider finally pulled through with a big night for the Atlanta Braves, and he was rewarded with another milestone.
The Atlanta Braves are set to take on the New York Mets in a three-game set beginning tonight at Truist Park. It’s a sneaky critical matchup because — if there’s any chance the Braves are to make the postseason — they have to sweep the Mets this weekend.
Spencer Strider’s rise from Clemson standout to one of Major League Baseball’s most electric young pitchers happened fast. His 100 mph fastball and wipeout slider made him one of the most feared arms in the league and a cornerstone of Atlanta’s future.
The Atlanta Braves seemingly had a golden opportunity to extend their season-long win streak to six games last night against the lowly White Sox. Instead, the free-fall of the once magnificent Spencer Strider continued.
Coming off one of their best series of the season — taking four of five from the Miami Marlins — the Braves had an opportunity build some more momentum against the reeling Mets with Spencer Strider on the mound.
The Milwaukee Brewers reached 70 wins in historic fashion Wednesday night against the Atlanta Braves, as they set a new single-season franchise record for fewest games needed to hit the plateau.
The Atlanta Braves suffered another blow in what has become a dismal 2025 campaign, as Spencer Strider hit a career low during a tough loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Well that didn’t go as planned. In very 2025 Braves’ fashion, what looked like a really fun matchup in Bristol Motor Speedway between flamethrowing starters, Spencer Strider and Chase Burns turned into a massively delayed mud bowl with the Braves opting for a bullpen game instead of Strider after the delay.
With the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves set to square off on Saturday night inside Bristol Motor Speedway in the inaugural MLB Speedway Classic, the schedule has fallen into place in a way that allows both teams to honor the game's location in unique fashion.
Starting pitcher Spencer Strider is in his fifth major-league season as a member of the Atlanta Braves. The right-hander was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 MLB Draft and made his big-league debut in 2021.
It’s no secret that the 2025 season has been a tough one for the Atlanta Braves. From a sluggish start, to key injuries, to underperforming stars, even the optimist in me has started to waver on this team’s playoff hopes.
Spencer Strider struck out a season-high 13 over six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Saturday for their third straight win.
Dodd has moved to the bullpen full time at Triple-A this year, however, and Mark Bowman of MLB.com reported on Sunday that right-hander Spencer Strider is actually the one who will take Elder’s spot in the rotation after he’s activated from the injured list on May 20.
Spencer Strider is back. That's the good news for the Atlanta Braves. The bad news, from Strider's perspective at least, is that he may need to ease himself back into MLB play.