Bryce Elder's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Atlanta Braves right-handers Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver and Bryce Elder are all candidates to start Game 1 of the wild-card series against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Tuesday. Anderson has some of the best postseason numbers of all time, but he hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2022. The Braves may wait as long as possible to announce their starter against the Padres. Anderson has a 1.26 ERA in 35 2/3 innings pitched in the postseason, including a 1.04 WHIP with 40 strikeouts and 17 walks, but he'd be a pretty big dice role for Atlanta to kick off the three-game series. In 15 minor-league stops at four different levels this year, he had a 3.44 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 68 strikeouts and 29 walks in 68 innings. Smith-Shawver made just one start for Atlanta this year and has six starts since debuting in 2023. Elder was an All-Star in 2023 but had an ERA over 6.00 in his 10 starts this year.

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Bryce Elder was hit hard in Tuesday's loss versus the Milwaukee Brewers. The former All-Star only last 3 2/3 innings, in which he allowed eight hits, seven runs, two walks and struck out six. Besides for the strikeouts, Elder didn't offer anything for managers who were bold enough to start Elder. Brewers' shortstop Willy Adames was the biggest kryptonite for Elder, hitting a pair of two-run homers off the right-hander. Elder has spent 2024 between the big-league club and Triple-A Gwinnett this season, but is currently slated to face the Colorado Rockies in Coors Field on Sunday and should be avoided at all costs in that matchup.

With the Atlanta Braves placing pitcher Reynaldo Lopez (forearm) on the 15-day injured list, Bryce Elder was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday. Elder has bounced around from the major league roster this season, where he has made 10 appearances with Triple-A Gwinnett and nine appearances with the Braves. The results haven't necessarily been there for the right-hander in the big leagues this year, as he owns a 5.67 ERA and 40 strikeouts across 46 innings pitched. With Lopez landing on the IL, Elder should be in line to take his spot in the rotation. However, he should only be added in deeper formats.

The Atlanta Braves recalled right-hander Bryce Elder from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday and designated pitching prospect Darius Vines for assignment in a corresponding move. Elder will get the start on Tuesday in Milwaukee against the first-place Brewers. The 25-year-old could stick around in Atlanta's starting rotation for another turn with both Max Fried (forearm) and Reynaldo Lopez (forearm) injured, but fantasy managers will probably want to avoid Elder as a streamer on Tuesday night. He's gone 1-4 with a 6.35 ERA and 1.64 WHIP with 33 K's in 39 2/3 innings over eight starts for Atlanta in 2024. Vines, the team's No. 13 prospect per MLB Pipeline, gave up three runs (two earned) in just an inning of relief on Monday and holds an 8.56 ERA in the big leagues this year. The 26-year-old could certainly be claimed off waivers by another team.

The Atlanta Braves reinstated top prospect A.J. Smith-Shawver (oblique) from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday and optioned right-hander Bryce Elder to Gwinnett in a corresponding move, according to a source. Smith-Shawver, who was scheduled to pitch for Gwinnett on Tuesday, will meet the team in Arizona and will presumably be part of their bullpen, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Justin Toscano. The 21-year-old allowed a run while striking out four in two innings in his only rehab start for High-A Rome, so he's not quite stretched out enough to make his seventh career start in the big leagues. Smith-Shawver tossed 4 1/3 shutout innings in late May against the Cubs in his only start of the year for the Braves. Elder gave up three earned runs in five innings with just one strikeout in a no-decision on Monday in a spot start against Arizona.