Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider made history and his season debut on Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays (GameTracker), delivering five innings in what also served as his first appearance since missing almost the entirety of the 2024 campaign after undergoing elbow surgery last April.

Spencer Strider, the Atlanta Braves fireballer just 369 days removed from undergoing his second Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery, was back on a major league mound – and making strikeout history once again.

Spencer Strider, who underwent elbow surgery on his elbow last spring, is set to make his long-awaited return to the mound when the Braves face the Blue Jays.