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Braves Place Grant Holmes On Injured List With Elbow Inflammation

By Nick Deeds | July 27, 2025 at 8:09am CDT

July 27: The Braves announced this morning that they’ve placed Holmes on the injured list with right elbow inflammation. Right-hander Daysbel Hernandez was recalled to take his spot on the MLB roster.

July 26: Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including David O’Brien of The Athletic) that right-hander Grant Holmes is suffering from elbow tightness after exiting his start against the Rangers today after just four innings. Holmes will get his elbow looked at to determine the severity of the issue, but Snitker noted that he’s expected to go on the injured list.

That’s a major blow to an Atlanta rotation that is already struggling to piece together starts. Holmes will join Chris Sale, Reynaldo Lopez, Spencer Schwellenbach, and AJ Smith-Shawver on the injured list, giving the club a full rotation of injured hurlers. None of that quartet is expected back any time soon, meaning that Snitker will need to make do with the trio of Spencer Strider, Joey Wentz, and Bryce Elder as the only capable starters on his active roster. Long reliever Dane Dunning has at least some starting experience and could be called upon to make a spot start or serve as the bulk arm in a bullpen game.

Outside of the active roster, options are relatively slim at this point. 40-man pitchers like Didier Fuentes, Hurston Waldrep, and Davis Daniel could be called upon to make starts if needed, and if the Braves are willing to create room on the 40-man they could also turn to a non-roster veteran like Ian Anderson or Jose Suarez. Perhaps the Braves could look to add a pitcher to help eat innings down the stretch (such as recently-DFA’d right-hander Erick Fedde), as they did when they acquired Dunning in a swap with the Rangers earlier this month. Such a move is unlikely to land an arm of any real quality, however, as contenders around the league are hungry for pitching help of their own and the Braves aren’t likely to pay a significant price for talent in a season where they’re ten games out of a playoff spot and are buried in the NL East by 15 games.

It’s a bleak outlook overall, and none of those potential replacement figure to offer anything close to the production the Braves have been able to rely on from Holmes this year. A first-round pick by the Dodgers all the way back in 2014, Holmes didn’t make his MLB debut until last year when he joined Atlanta. Since then, he’s been one of the most reliable pieces of the club’s pitching staff with a 3.71 ERA and 3.91 FIP across 179 1/3 innings of work both in the rotation and out of the bullpen. That includes a 3.81 ERA and 4.35 FIP in 111 innings of work as a starter for the club this year.

The 29-year-old Holmes seems very likely to remain firmly in the team’s plans for quite some time after his work the past two years, though those plans could be thrown into question depending on the severity of Holmes’s injury. It’s not uncommon for a bout of elbow tightness to result in little more than a precautionary 15-day stint on the injured list, but given the long recovery times associated with more significant elbow injuries, any issue in that area is cause for concern. It’s impossible to know what sort of timetable for return Holmes might have until the Braves offer an update on his status in the coming days, so until then fans in Atlanta will have to simply hope for the best.

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41 Comments

  1. For Love of the Game

    2 months ago

    A guy with two last names, Grant Holmes, gets introduced to first names, Tommy and John!

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    • Soto should bat first.

      2 months ago

      He needs some hair consulting from Ryne Stanek, who sports a much better looking shaggy mop.

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  2. DGINAZ

    2 months ago

    This just in: Braves trade Raisel Iglesias for a hamster and two tomato sandwiches.

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    • AL B DAMNED

      2 months ago

      Iglesias and the hamster must both pass physicals to complete the trade and make it official! It was reported that either Iglesias or the hamster had a hamstring issue! Tomato sandwiches to be divided equally with minor league teams.

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    • Soto should bat first.

      2 months ago

      Hamster > Gerbil

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      • Rsox

        2 months ago

        Some part of Richard Gere just perked up…

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        • Soto should bat first.

          2 months ago

          “Part”

          Reply
  3. Brave New Guy

    2 months ago

    It hardly matters anymore..
    Lost season!

    Oh well, that’s the breaks of the game. We are due for some better fortune next season. Just hope there’s no one with voodoo dolls of our starters!

    1
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    • DGINAZ

      2 months ago

      Didn’t we say that last season?

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  4. themarinerfanatic

    2 months ago

    Waldrep struggled earlier in the season, but has been superb in July with an ERA <2. I'll bet he gets recalled for another shot.

    1
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  5. DGINAZ

    2 months ago

    Darren O’Day now warming up in the booth.

    1
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    • AL B DAMNED

      2 months ago

      Can they convert Jesse Chavez into a Starter? He has to still have Braves uniforms after all of the times he has been on the team, off the team, on the team, DFAed and retired!

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      • DGINAZ

        2 months ago

        True. And he can go then fo for the most unretirements.

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  6. Charlesm 2025

    2 months ago

    Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse Charlie Morton is coming back to ATL.

    Reply
    • DGINAZ

      2 months ago

      Where’d you see that?

      Reply
      • sad tormented neglected mariners fan

        2 months ago

        He’s telling us this from the future to caution braves fans

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    • robw5555

      2 months ago

      He is not coming back there. Morton is 100 yrs old.

      Reply
  7. DGINAZ

    2 months ago

    Breaking: Braves place player to be named later on Injured List.

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    • DGINAZ

      2 months ago

      Breaking: Braves place cash considerations on Il.

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    • Brave New Guy

      2 months ago

      Haha nice 👍

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      Reply
  8. Kasper8421

    2 months ago

    Snakebit by injuries a second season in a row.
    It’s remarkable every starting pitcher from opening day has made it to the IL this season!

    1
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  9. bravesfan

    2 months ago

    We need to trade guys and get prospects fast. We are only hurting guys values, such as RI by letting him continue to throw that slider as a meatball sandwich for hitters. Why are we waiting so long. Make the deal, someone will take these guys for something. Trade RI, Ozuna, and Montero immediately and find decent pickups for Johnson and bummer. Then go sign whatever veteran that are hanging on to their careers and call up AAA guys to finish our season. We are already out, we are already spiraling, we have to make something positive out of this season

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  10. McGriff HR

    2 months ago

    If only there were guys like John Smoltz these days.

    Game 5 1996 World Series
    8ip 4h 1r 0er 3bb 10k 0hr 0.95era 31bf 135 pitches 79 strikes
    45 by contact 16 swinging strikes 18 looking

    The saying is true, they don’t make them how they used to.

    There’s but one pitcher in the Hall of Fame that has had Tommy John Surgery, his name – John Smoltz.

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    • NyyfaninLAA land

      2 months ago

      You’ve been listening to Smoltz on TV too much

      Reply
      • McGriff HR

        1 month ago

        NyyfaninLAA land

        Great pitcher, great team man, great commentator on baseball, great guy as well. Cry about it.

        Reply
        • bhambrave

          1 month ago

          I loved Smoltz as a player, but I’m not a fan of his commentating. He has a tendency to brag about himself, and he talks history alot when he should be talking about what’s happening on the field. Glavine can analyze a pitcher’s performance without talking about himself. Smoltz can’t.

          Reply
  11. Kermit The Frog

    2 months ago

    I know this is a sport-wide issue, but WHAT is going on in Atlanta?? I’m not a Braves fan in the slightest, but it’s bad for baseball that they can’t keep anyone healthy. I don’t follow them close enough to know, but does anyone have a grasp on what the problem is with that team specifically?

    I remember when the Mets were habitually the walking wounded and that was 1000% on Jeff Wilpon’s meddling and poor management.

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    • SaltLakeBrave

      2 months ago

      Two things are happening across the majors, first pitchers are placing emphasis on velocity not location. Second, pitchers are not throwing between starts, which Leo Mazzone had the Braves pitchers do during their 14 year run. The Braves during that run had an incredible run of pitcher health.

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      • bhambrave

        2 months ago

        Three, pitchers are no longer playing other sports in between baseball seasons. Playing baseball or doing baseball drills 365 days a year decreses overal muscle health and wears out tendons and ligaments.

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      • Kermit The Frog

        1 month ago

        I get all that, but you guys haven’t just lost a pitcher or two. It’s literally everyone and seemingly every year. Is there a Jeff Wilpon forcing guys to come back too quick?

        Reply
  12. robw5555

    2 months ago

    He needs a Tommy John. See you in a few yrs.

    Reply
  13. inkstainedscribe

    2 months ago

    Yeah, the best move now is to look for starters on the waiver wire who can at least absorb innings and prevent the minor leaguers and the long-term guys (Strider, Lee, etc.) from wearing out.

    To my surprise, Money Mike may have figured it out, thanks to Hyers. Ozzie, at his cost, is a keeper.

    Get what you can for Ozuna, Iggy, Johnson, and Montero. Even low-minors lottery-pick guys. Reload for ‘26 and beyond.

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  14. bhambrave

    2 months ago

    They need to get rid of Rick Kranitz. He’s the one common denominator. Here’s a picture of him when he was coaching with the Brewers. If that’s not foreshadowing, I don’t know what is.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Kranitz#/media/File:Ric…

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    • bravesiowafan

      2 months ago

      I think the medical staff and most definitely the fact we keep using guys who aren’t built up to handle the work loads. Can’t expect every reliever and/or journey guy to suddenly handled twice the work load.

      Reply
  15. Goose

    2 months ago

    The Braves went from looking like they had the potential for a lot of quality starters and depth to losing everyone in the starting rotation to start the season.

    Reply
  16. Braves20

    2 months ago

    In the immortal words of Skip Caray and Bill Drake, the hits just keep on coming.!

    Reply
  17. Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

    2 months ago

    Just get it over with and trade Ozuna and Raisel. This season is lost.

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  18. braves95 2

    2 months ago

    Baffling they haven’t traded Ozuna yet. This team is toast.

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    • inkstainedscribe

      2 months ago

      There actually may be more than one team interested. Shocking, I know. There’s still leverage for another couple of days.

      Reply
  19. Cohn Joppolella

    2 months ago

    Sucks to see John Holmes get injured, he really pounds the zone during every performance.

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    • waelse1

      2 months ago

      Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

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