The Atlanta Braves face a setback as their ace, Spencer Strider, undergoes season-ending surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
The Atlanta Braves will have to try and win a World Series without their ace Spencer Strider, who will miss the rest of the 2024 season after undergoing surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
The Braves announced Saturday morning that Strider had the surgery Friday, with Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas, using an internal brace to repair the UCL.
Strider led Major League Baseball last season with 20 wins and 281 strikeouts but barely got through his first two starts of this year. Entering his third season in the major leagues, he was an early favorite to win the National League Cy Young Award but that won’t be happening anymore. He only struck out 12 and allowed seven runs over nine innings in what proved to be his only two starts of 2024.
The 25-year-old underwent Tommy John surgery in 2019 while playing at Clemson and used his recovery time to understand his mechanics and how to not get hurt again.
