Atlanta Braves supervisor Brian Snitker informed reporters (together with David O’Brien of The Athletic) that ace Max Fried will go on the injured record as he manages a hamstring drawback. Fried exited his Opening Day begin after simply 43 pitches. It appears the workforce is in no hurry to make the transfer official although, and will wait till Fried’s subsequent flip within the rotation (Wednesday towards the St. Louis Cardinals) to finalize the transfer. Any IL stint would after all be backdated to his final look.
Whereas the information that Fried is IL-bound isn’t constructive, there’s nonetheless nothing to recommend his harm is any kind of regarding than when Snitker initially indicated he’d in all probability head to the IL after his begin. Snitker indicated on the time that Fried might solely miss one begin, so until something modifications there appears to be a very good probability that Fried solely misses the necessary 15 days.
A brief journey to the IL is undoubtedly constructive information for Atlanta, nevertheless it’s all the time a tricky blow to lose the ace of the workers early within the season. Fried has been distinctive up to now few years, working to a 2.69 ERA throughout 407 innings between 2020-22. The very best of these years got here final season when he completed second in NL Cy Younger voting to Miami’s Sandy Alcantara on the again of 185.1 innings of two.48 ERA ball, which included an elite 4.4% stroll charge.
It’s unclear but who the Braves will flip to in Fried’s place on Wednesday, and their rotation image has been muddied somewhat by the spring accidents to Kyle Wright and Mike Soroka. Wright is on the IL whereas Soroka is at Triple-A constructing again up after solely getting one begin late in spring coaching. Wright can’t return till April 11, and MLB.com’s Mark Bowman experiences that Ian Anderson and Bryce Elder are choices to take Fried’s spot.
