Coming off a breakout 2022 season in which Kyle Wright threw himself into the big league spotlight with a nearly 3 fWAR season, expectations were high for the talented righty. He figured to slot in next to Max Fried, Spencer Strider and Charlie Morton atop the Braves’ rotation, giving the club one of the better units in the league. Quite unfortunately, however, a troublesome shoulder kept Kyle out for most of 2023 — and will probably cost him all of 2024, too.
How Acquired
In the midst of a from-the-ground-up rebuild, the Braves took Wright out of Vanderbilt with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft.