Bryce Elder

Elder had surgery in September “to clean up some bone fragments that caused swelling in his right knee,” which meant that he was unable to start for the Braves in the postseason. However, the Braves don’t believe he will miss any time in 2027, which gives him a chance to compete for a rotation spot in the spring.

Lane Thomas, who finished up on the IL with an intercostal strain, is a possibility to be activated. The pitchers, though, will have to wait for a potential NLCS. Elder is coming off knee surgery and hoped to be ready for the series. Pérez missed the end of the season with a back strain.

Elder had knee surgery in early September and began throwing off the mound again on the 19th. He had previously stated that he planned to return for the postseason, but it remains to be seen if the Braves feel they need him for the Wild Card series or would wait until the Divisional round before thinking of activating him.

He didn’t throw at 100 percent, but he said his knee held up fine. He’s hoping to be ready to contribute in the postseason.

Elder is walking without a limp, and it sounds like there are plans in place to allow him to do some throwing as he continues to recover. He’s not expected to return to pitch in any regular season games.

We knew this was coming after Elder had surgery on Tuesday that will require a 3-4 week recovery. Elder hopes to return for the postseason, but it remains to be seen what his role would be if he does return, given his layoff and the Braves not needing five starters for a postseason series.

Weiss added that Elder will require a 3-4 week recovery timetable and could potentially return during the playoffs. The 27-year-old was expected to be bumped from Atlanta’s rotation with Reynaldo López returning from the injured list later this week. He’ll finish the regular season with a respectable 4.11 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 121/49 K/BB ratio across 149 innings over 26 starts. He’ll factor into Atlanta’s pitching plans at some point in the postseason, but he can be safely dropped in all fantasy formats.

Bryce Elder, who allowed five runs in 5 1/3 innings on Monday and has a 6.45 ERA over his last four starts, will see his next start pushed back a few days. Given that it was slated to come against the Phillies, that’s probably welcome news for those still relying on Elder.

Elder surrendered eight hits, including home runs to Rafael Devers and Osleivis Basabe. He finished with three strikeouts and also issued three walks. It was the second time in his last four starts that he’s allowed five runs or more. It qualifies as a massive letdown considering the lackluster makeup of San Francisco’s lineup after he tossed six strong frames against the Dodgers last week. He won’t get the ball again until he faces the Phillies in a road matchup next Monday with Atlanta moving to a six-man rotation.

Elder struck out five and walked none. He allowed eight hits, but all of them were singles. Elder was half-skipped in the rotation again last week, making the start tonight on eight days’ rest. He also pitched on 11 days’ rest in his final start before the break and 10 days’ rest in his first start after the break. It suggests he’s not quite 100 percent and hasn’t been for some time. However, he’s been more effective than not lately. He’ll take a 3.95 ERA into his next start, whenever that might come; the Braves probably won’t pitch him Sunday and they have next Monday and Thursday off, so they could give Elder another long rest if they’d like.

Elder struck out five and walked one as Atlanta went on to win 5-3. The right-hander needed just 75 pitches to record 18 outs, but he’d struggled badly lately, so it makes sense that he wasn’t pushed. He came into Sunday with a 6.29 ERA over his previous 12 starts dating back to May 27. This was a step in the right direction, but there’s little reason for fantasy managers to trust him, with a trip to Milwaukee up next.

Give Elder some credit: he looked like he ought to have been done after throwing 77 pitches while giving up five in the first and one more in both the second and third, but he was able to help protect the pen by pitching two scoreless innings afterwards. It’s the third time this year that Elder has allowed at least six earned runs, and two of those have come in his only two starts versus the Mets. He’ll take an 8-7 record and a 4.03 ERA into a start Sunday against the D-backs.

Elder was in complete control for this entire start. He retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced before the Marlins scratched their lone run across in the fifth on a walk, double, and groundout. Then, he cruised through his final two frames to complete seven innings for the first time in nearly three months. He used his cutter to force a heap of lazy pop-ups and put this strong outing together while only forcing four total swings-and-misses. He now has a 3.69 ERA through 126 2/3 innings this season and is scheduled for a two-start week against the Mets and Diamondbacks coming up.

This was one of the starts where it’s hard to believe Elder only let up one run. The Nationals were all over him for 10 hard-hit balls, but a fair chunk of those were hit on the ground. Still, they looked remarkably comfortable in the box all night and rarely chased any pitches out of the strike zone. He did his job though and got both a win and quality start out of it. Elder closed out July with a 3.00 ERA across 21 innings with 18 strikeouts and 10 walks after pitching to a 8.10 ERA in June. He’s scheduled to face the Marlins at home next time out.

Elder gave up four hits, walked four and struck out eight. With one out in the third inning, Pete Alonso reached on an error. After a strikeout that would’ve ended the inning had it not been for the error, Elder allowed back-to-back singles that produced an unearned run. In the fifth inning, Elder allowed a solo home run to Gunnar Henderson. He has a 3.96 ERA this year. Elder is lined up to face the Nationals at home next Thursday.

Elder gave up five hits, walked one and struck out four. He improved to 6-6 with the win. Elder had only allowed a solo home run to Manny Machado after six innings. He was removed after allowing another solo home run to Ty France to begin the seventh inning. The win was Elder’s first since June 2 and the quality start was his first since June 7. He’s lined up to face the Orioles on the road this weekend.

Elder was spotted six runs of support in Atlanta’s first four innings, but couldn’t qualify for the win after giving up three homers to the Pirates. Elder carries an 8.47 ERA over his last seven starts and the magic appears to be gone for the moment. Mixed leaguers don’t have to roster him through this stretch, though he should continue to get plenty of run support.

Elder will get some additional time off to recover after experiencing some diminished velocity during his last start against the Giants where he allowed five runs over four innings last Saturday. The 27-year-old will be pushed back to next week’s series against the Pirates. It’ll be Grant Holmes taking the ball for Friday’s game against the Mets.

Four runs scored on two homers from Rafael Devers that would have gone out of 17 and 15 ballparks, respectively. While there was little reason to believe in Elder as anything more than a fifth starter coming into the year, his peripherals have remained very solid even during his recent downturn that has lift him 5-6 with a 4.01 ERA. Since he’s in a nice situation in Atlanta, those in deeper mixed leaguers might want to stick with him. He’ll next face the Mets at home.

Things went from bad to worse in a calamitous opening frame as Elder coughed up a three-run homer to William Contreras that gave Milwaukee an early 8-0 advantage. The 27-year-old righty somehow managed to settle in afterwards and spare Atlanta’s bullpen from having to shoulder a heavy workload, but the damage was already done. He finished with six strikeouts and handed out two free passes. He’ll attempt to bounce back with a favorable road matchup against the Giants at Oracle Park on Saturday.