Spencer Strider

Strider allowed two hits and a walk over four scoreless innings in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Rays. He struck out five.

Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday

Strider was sharp today, but he didn't build on his velocity gains from his second time out; he averaged 94.8 mph with his fastball, which is a tad down from 95.0 mph on Thursday and his 95.5 mph last season. There's plenty of reason to hope that 2026 Strider will be a fair amount better than 2025 Strider, but he's yet to give much reason to think that 2022/23 Strider will be walking through that door.

Well, at least no one will flip out about Strider after this game, right?

Spencer Strider gets another tune-up. Don t overreact.