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WATCH: Spencer Strider pitches and Manny Machado decides he is just browsing

This just in: Spencer Strider is good. Really good.

Matthew Jacobs

Spencer Strider perfectly places a 97 mph in the bottom away corner that Manny Machado had a brain-freeze and just watched it with the rest of us. It truly is a thing of beauty:

After two strikeouts to start the game, the game is now entering the bottom of the second with the Braves leading 1-0. Strider has allowed one walk and has shut the door on everything else.

The dynamic second-year pitcher has quickly become one of Atlanta's most impactful starting pitchers, finishing last year with an 11-5 record, 2.67 ERA, and 202 strikeouts in only 131.2 innings. He came in second to teammate Michael Harris II for NL Rookie of the Year, prompting calls that there should be separate awards for position players and pitchers.

In his career, Strider's only faced the Padres twice, and both were in relief early last season. He has a combined 4.2 innings against them, with two hits and two runs allowed, striking out five. Strider excelled last week in his season debut, going six scoreless innings against the Washington Nationals, striking out nine, walking three, and allowing only three hits. 

The Braves will continue to enjoy home cooking as they play game two of this four game set with the San Diego Padres on Friday night, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:20 ET. Braves Today will be the go-to site for everything a Braves’ fan would want to know. Braves Today Podcast will fill you in on anything else you could possibly want to know about the Braves. The game broadcast will be exclusively on Apple TV this time around. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on WIFN 1340 AM/103.7FM or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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MATTHEW JACOBS

Author/Writer. Staff contributor for Sports Illustrated's @TheAuburnDaily and @Braves_Today Auburn Tigers (WDE) and Braves fan.  Christian The previous host of the Zen Shark Blog, Author of Needs No Translation, previously covered the Memphis Grizzlies, The Tennessee Titans, and Manchester City.

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