GDT 3/30/26: Braves vs A’s - Good Elder or Bad Elder

[Hulavol]

Heeeeeee’s outta there !

 

[UNCBlue012]

Another nice win.

 

[TURBO]

 

[Hulavol]

BRAVES WIN!

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

 

[Mrs. Meta]

…I guess the broadcast wants us to see everything but the game.

 

[msstate7]

Nice win. Good start

 

[Slippyjms]

2-0

 

[Carp]

Glad Elder had a good game. But this isn't pretty.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038788737945989239

 

[zbhargrove]

Let’s just hope he can out pitch his metrics and statcast data for a couple months.

 

[The Tariff King]

Elder ramping up his power levels just like Lopez.

 

[msstate7]

Elder had a 1.98 FIP and 2.98 xFIP with a .298 babip. Doesn't seem like luck to me.

 

[thewupk]

Elder had a 1.98 FIP and 2.98 xFIP with a .298 babip. Doesn't seem like luck to me.

Elder can be a good pitcher when he's hitting the bottom of the zone with his sinker. His issue is command and he's not good enough to consistantly do that over a full season. When the command is off he's gonna get rocked. Overall though he's good enough to be a #5 starter on the cheap.

 

[Carp]

Elder had a 1.98 FIP and 2.98 xFIP with a .298 babip. Doesn't seem like luck to me.

That isn't how that works my guy.

Average EV is still terrible and right in line with last year.

 

[msstate7]

All I know is elder has gone 6.0 ip in 9 of his last 12 starts. He has a 4.04 era in this span. For a team that needs SP depth, elder is doing a good job.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Elder is doing all that can realistically be expected of him. Not his fault he’ll probably lead the team in innings again.

 

[msstate7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038951801769144506

 

[Hudson2]

Elder is what he is and he's pretty good at it. He's a very solid 5 and that's super valuable to us especially with our injury concerns. The problem comes when Ritchie is ready which will be soon and Waldrep and SS2 comes back. I know there could be another injury but he'll have to move to the bp with no options left.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Elder is what he is and he's pretty good at it. He's a very solid 5 and that's super valuable to us especially with our injury concerns. The problem comes when Ritchie is ready which will be soon and Waldrep and SS2 comes back. I know there could be another injury but he'll have to move to the bp with no options left.

if no injuries, then it might make more sense to move someone like Holmes/Lopez/Strider to the pen and just keep Elder in the rotation under the circumstances that he is an 80 pitch pitcher unless the Braves are up by 4+ runs.

 

[CyYoung31]

I want y’all to remember how deep you thought this rotation was when Elder leads the team in innings again in August.