Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider threw a bullpen session prior to yesterday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds as he continues to progress from the hamstring injury that landed him on the 15-IL on April 21.
He told reporters, including Atlanta’s WSB television sports reporter Alison Mastrangelo, that he’s been able to throw during the process and is working on building back his strength in his hamstring.
Spencer Strider says he feels great after his bullpen session yesterday. He will throw another one on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
Strider says he has been able to throw during this recovery process. So the focus has been less on having to build up his arm again, and more focused on… pic.twitter.com/2Qihhewc5n— Alison Mastrangelo (@AlisonWSB) May 8, 2025
Part of Strider’s recovery process was receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection in his hamstring, as noted by the AJC’s Justin Toscano.
Spencer Strider received a PPP injection after suffering the hamstring strain. He said that helped speed up the process of it feeling back to full strength. Snit said they’ll decide after Strider’s Saturday bullpen if he’ll need a rehab start or not.
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) May 8, 2025
Strider and Braves manager Brian Stinker confirmed that Strider will throw another bullpen session in Pittsburgh on Saturday and then he and the team will evaluate whether or not he could rejoin the major league team without a rehab assignment.
There has been some conjecture that the Braves might leverage a six-man starting rotation when Strider returns to action, although nothing is definitive at this point. As a whole, the Braves rotation has pitched well in the last several weeks, which has helped the team overcome Strider’s loss one game into his 2025 return from the brace-procedure in his elbow that caused him to miss most of the 2024 season.
