Braves News: Grant Holmes superb, starting pitching inventory, and more
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Braves News: Grant Holmes superb, starting pitching inventory, and moreAtlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday.
Grant Holmes dazzles in spectacular spring performance vs. PiratesLet s see more of this from Holmes starting in April and beyond, please!
Grant Holmes was untouchable during Thursday's Grapefruit League start against the Pirates, allowing just one walk while racking up nine strikeouts over five shutout innings.Holmes outdueled Pirates' right-hander Bubba Chandler in this one, with the only baserunner against him coming on a one-out walk to Ryan O'Hearn in the opening inning. The 29-year-old hurler got better as the game went on too, striking out five of the final six batters that he faced. He generated a whopping 18 swings and misses on 64 pitches in the ballgame -- 13 of those on his slider -- while posting an elite CSW of 42 percent. You can take spring training stats with a grain of salt, but Holmes has been among the most dominant hurlers in all of baseball, firing 12 1/3 scoreless innings with a 0.73 WHIP and a 16/6 K/BB ratio. It would seem he has locked up a spot in the Braves' Opening Day rotation.
Spring Training game thread March 12: Braves at PiratesGrant Holmes will be getting some work in under the lights in Bradenton
Grant Holmes worked 2 2/3 hitless innings versus an Orioles split-squad Saturday.Holmes walked three and gave up a couple of hits, but Shay Shanaman was able to strand the bases loaded after replacing him with two outs in the second. Holmes then came back out for a scoreless third. Holmes fastball today was up 0.5 mph from last outing against the Twins, leaving him 0.7 mph shy of his 2025 average. So, he's trending the right way.