The Atlanta Braves have been without one of their top starting pitchers for the duration of the 2026 season. Spencer Schwellenbach fractured his right elbow in the middle of the 2025 season.
Schwellenbach, 26, underwent surgery to clean up his throwing elbow and to remove bone spurs in February.
He has begun a throwing program as early as June in his process to return to the mound for the Braves, but has been facing delays in the recovery from surgery.
"Spencer Schwellenbach still hasn't felt 100 percent while throwing bullpens," MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports. "There was some hope he'd have been facing live hitters by now. But this latest update makes a potential return this year more questionable and possibly even doubtful."
This update is something that Braves fans don't want to hear as the team pursues an NL East title in 2026.
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