Bryce Elder looks to lead the Braves to another win. Elder has had a successful early career in the majors, but has benefitted significantly from facing bad lineups quite frequently. Elder’s stuff isn’t necessarily scintillating and his command has been inconsistent at times in the majors, but his ERA has been 2.58, his FIP is a quite solid 3.54 and his xFIP is a less impressive but still solid 4.05 so far in his major league career. The ERA and FIP seem largely driven by high left-on-base rates and a very low home run rate which isn’t in line with his minor league numbers, so let’s just say that I’m not buying into Elder being a mid-rotation level starter over a full season at this point in his development.
Braves look to claim series win over Royals behind Bryce Elder
