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The Mets may be catching Spencer Strider at the wrong time.
The Braves' ace missed the first few weeks of the season while he was rehabbing from elbow surgery, and then was sent back to the shelf for a month with a hamstring injury.
This is just his seventh start of the season.
Strider hadn't quite looked like himself until his last outing, posting a 5.40 ERA with just 24 strikeouts in 25 innings through his first five starts.
Questions were asked about whether or not Strider had completely recovered from his operation more than a year ago, as his average velocity dipped from nearly 100 mph to the mid-90s.
Strider put some of those questions to bed in his last start.
He punched out 13 Rockies on Saturday, allowing just three hits and a walk over six innings in what was easily his best outing of the season.
Spencer Strider #99 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first inning of the game against the Colorado Rockies at Truist Park on June 14, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Now, Colorado may just be the worst-hitting team in baseball, but Strider's fastball looked vintage.
He averaged 96.2 mph with his four-seamer – nearly a full mile-per-hour higher than any other game this season – and hit 97.6 mph on the gun, his fastest pitch of the season.
His slider also had more life to it, averaging 84.5 mph, once again a season-high.
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Strider will take the mound for Atlanta on Thursday against their division rival Mets, as the Braves look to get back into the National League playoff picture.
Take advantage of what is a diminished strikeout line for the flame-thrower in the hopes that his last outing really was the turnaround for Strider.
The play: Spencer Strider Over 7.5 Strikeouts (+135, BetMGM)
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