Similarly to how it seemed likely that the Braves were going to be without Ronald Acuña Jr. for a bit, it seemed inevitable that Spencer Strider would be put on the longer-term IL eventually once it got out that he’d be shut down for at least a month.
That appears to be the case, as the Braves have gone ahead and moved Strider to the 60-Day IL.
So while Strider is being shut down for four weeks, that also meant that even if all went well with his future IL, it would take a while for Strider to ramp up and get back into big league pitching shape, so this is simply a way to open up a roster spot for Carlos Carrasco. I’d say that this could be a sign that Cookie might be staying around for a bit longer but it still wouldn’t be shocking if he had to ride the DFA cycle once more in the near future.
Meanwhile, Anthony Molina is back in Triple-A Gwinnett and Hunter Stratton has been designated for assignment, himself. All of this roster shuffling is starting to look similar to what was going on in 2025 and that’s not exactly a positive. Obviously, here’s hoping that we’ve (finally) seen the worst of this bad injury luck for the Braves and that once these guys get healthy, they get healthy for good. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve seen the Braves operate at full strength and as we’ve seen, this could be a special team if the core players could stay healthy.
For now, Spencer Strider will be given all the time in the world to get healthy while the Braves continue to try to figure things out with their pitching staff with the trade deadline in the distance. We’ll see what happens.
