The Atlanta Braves discussed plenty of options in the lead up to Wednesday, but eventually settled on Bryce Elder as the team’s starter for Game 3. The move isn’t terribly surprising given that Elder spent the entire season in the rotation, but he struggled enough down the stretch that the decision warranted some thought.
“We had talked to him up to right before we got on the plane yesterday. I think we just kind of felt like after the way he threw at the intersquad and with the layoff, that he was the guy,”Brian Snitker said Wednesday of the decision to go with Elder.