Here is Today's Three Things from Atlanta's 7-5 loss to the New York Mets, including everything we know on Spencer Strider's injury and what the Braves do from here.
Spencer Strider is leaving this game after three different fastballs below 90 mph in a leadoff walk of MJ Melendez in the fourth
They're giving JR Ritchie extra time to get warm
NBC analyst: The 2023 Texas Rangers offense "was arguably the best offense in all of baseball."
Uh, did Atlanta forfeit the entire 2023 season?
TEX: 3rd in runs (881), T4 in HRs (233), 3rd in OPS (.790)
ATL: 1st in runs (947), 1st in HRs (307), 1st in OPS (.845)
You can argue it, but it's wrong
Per the Braves, "right arm soreness" is the preliminary diagnosis for Strider
8:30 PM first pitch
Yikes - Spencer Strider gets two quick outs in the 2nd and then goes: double, infield single, HBP, and a grand slam.
Shades of last August in this ballpark, when Spencer got tagged for eight runs on eight hits (including three homers) in just four innings
6-2 Mets as we head to the third inning
Picked a heck of a weekend to be sequestered in the N Georgia mountains for a wedding, huh?
Lot to talk about tomorrow on the show