One day, the fact that Bryce Elder led the 2025 Braves in innings will be a fun factoid, rather than a painful one. The innings leaders for the teams in the half-decade before that weren’t ever surprising, until perhaps when you get to 2019, which featured a tie between Michael Soroka and Julio Teheran. (I think R.A. Dickey in 2017 and Mike Minor barely edging out Tim Hudson for the lead in 2012 are other ones that might throw people.)

Alex Anthopoulos gave some brief remarks yesterday, where he talked about how all the starters are healthy and throwing great. While I encourage you to read those statements as nothing more than leverage, such as it is, through the arm of the press, it does make one wonder: who will lead the Braves in innings in 2026? • Chris Sale didn’t have a pitching-r

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