There was a point this season where, outside of Ronald Acuu0144a Jr, you could argue Bryce Elder was the most valuable player on the team. When Max Fried and Kyle Wright both went down for extended periods of the season, there was a real question of how the Braves were going to manage the next 2 or 3 months of the season without two of their best pitchers, or probably more accurately, if they could manage it. Well they did manage it and even excelled at times, in large part because, out of nowhere, Bryce Elder had an All-Star level first half, plugging a huge hole in the rotation and stabilizing the team at a time when things could've gone south quickly.
How much of a role will Bryce Elder have in October?
