Max Fried injury update: Braves lefty (blister) placed on 10-day IL

Thomas Lott

Max Fried injury update: Braves lefty (blister) placed on 10-day IL image

The Braves will be without starter Max Fried for at least one start.

Fried was placed on the 10-day injured list with a blister on the index finger on his pitching hand, the team announced Tuesday.

Bryse Wilson has been recalled to take his spot on the 25-man roster. He will start Tuesday's game.

Wilson is 1-0 with a 6.14 ERA in four games (three starts) for the Braves this season. He is 4-7 with a 4.67 ERA at Triple-A Gwinnett.

Fried is in the midst of his best season as he recorded his 10th victory Monday and is 10-4 with a 4.08 ERA in 103 2/3 innings pitched.

He has 102 strikeouts to just 31 walks on the year.

A high school teammate of White Sox starter Lucas Giolito and Cardinals righty Jack Flaherty, Fried had never pitched more than 33 2/3 innings in an MLB season, but this year he has cut down on the walks going from 5.3 per nine innings to 2.7, which helped him stick in the rotation.

He also has seen an uptick in velocity that has led to a decrease in his hard-contact percentage against.

 

 

Thomas Lott