#Braves lose ANOTHER starter as Joey Wentz goes down with a torn ACL

at the point where if you don't laugh, you're just gonna cry. I'm Lindsay Crosby of Braves today. Joey Wentz is out for the season of the torn ACL. Um, left-handed starter was expected to be the long man and probably make some spot starts for the Braves in the first opening stretch of the season, 13 games in 13 days. He was pitching on Sunday against Tampa Bay and uh collided with the runner at first base while trying to cover the bag after a bunt. One, don't buttons spring. It's stupid. Uh but they helped him off the field with the use of a cart. He walked into the dugout under his own power and we thought maybe we avoided the worst case scenario. An MRI today confirmed his ACL is torn. He will miss the entire season. If you're keeping score at home, this is the third Brave starter that will be going to the injured list. And we're not even at opening day yet. And if you go back to last season, when WZ gets placed on the injured list, he will be the ninth Braves starting pitcher to go onto the injured list and he'll be on the 60-day. So, you will have of all of those, eight of the nine will end up being on the 60-day injured list. The only one last year that wasn't was Spencer Strider. He was on the shorter injured list to start the year and then he still missed a month with a hamstring strain. I don't know if this is continued penance that we have to pay for the deal, whatever deal we made to win the 2021 World Series, but at this point, you got to cut us a break. We're going to break down all of the options. Uh what the Braves do from here, you know, do they promote J.R. Richie? Do they make a signing? We'll talk about all of that on the next episode of Braves