First Cup Fantasy Baseball: June 15: Spencer Strider Injury & Waiver Wire

Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider landed on the injured list with severe right elbow inflammation after an alarming velocity drop. Corey Pieper breaks down the latest injury updates across Major League Baseball, runs through the Waiver Wire segment, and locks in the FanDuel Bet of the Day. In news and injury updates, Jacob Wilson returned from the injured list while Brent Rooker was shelved, and Seth Lugo hit the concussion-injured list. AJ Puk had his rehab assignment paused after a setback, Nolan Gorman was optioned to Triple-A with Blaze Jordan making his MLB debut, and Adolis Garcia landed on the 60-day injured list with a torn right lat. Spencer Strider left his start with arm soreness leading to his injured list stint, Sean Sullivan left his debut at Las Vegas due to illness, and Trent Grisham hit the injured list with a right hamstring strain which prompted the activation of Jasson Dominguez. Jose Ramirez is dealing with a broken hamate bone, Evan Carter went to the injured list with an oblique strain, Seiya Suzuki is experiencing right knee discomfort, and Vinnie Pasquantino suffered a hamate fracture sidelining him four to six weeks. Cooper Pratt is set for a Tuesday call-up, Corey Seager is showing concussion symptoms, Josh Naylor fouled a ball off his shin, Andres Munoz has lower back tightness, Grayson Rodriguez is fighting back tightness after a poor outing, and Jose Soriano experienced a tight chest and sore legs despite a strong start. Additionally, Tarik Skubal returned Saturday throwing 4.2 innings allowing five hits, one walk, two earned runs, and four strikeouts, while Jack Flaherty hit the injured list with a left peroneal strain. For daily performance metrics, Jacob Misiorowski threw a complete game allowing one hit with 15 strikeouts, Tanner Bibee threw 7 innings allowing two hits and two walks with two earned runs and eight strikeouts while giving up solo home runs to Spencer Torkelson and James Outman, and Sandy Alcantara went 8 innings allowing five hits and one walk with three earned runs and seven strikeouts. Liam Hicks went 3-for-4 with three runs, one home run, and two RBIs Friday, Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-5 with three runs, one home run, three RBIs, and one steal Friday, Dominic Canzone hit a home run, and Yordan Alvarez hit two home runs with six RBIs Friday in the first inning. Nick Kurtz had an incredible week at Las Vegas, Byron Buxton went 3-for-3 with a home run Friday, Cole Carrigg homered Friday, Bo Bichette hit two home runs Friday, and Ivan Herrera hit two home runs Saturday. Cam Schlittler tossed 7 innings allowing six hits and four walks with one earned run and seven strikeouts against Kevin Gausman who threw 7 innings allowing one hit and two walks with one earned run and seven strikeouts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto went 8.1 innings allowing one hit and one earned run with seven strikeouts, and Shohei Ohtani returned Saturday going 1-for-3 with two runs, one home run, one RBI, and three walks after missing Friday. Max Muncy went 3-for-3 with two runs, two home runs, four RBIs, and two walks Saturday, Michael Soroka went 7 innings allowing two hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts, Jackson Chourio hit two home runs Saturday, and the Rockies faced the Athletics. Max Meyer pitched 6 innings allowing six hits and three walks with one earned run and nine strikeouts against Paul Skenes who went 6 innings allowing four hits and one walk with two earned runs and 10 strikeouts, Miles Mikolas threw 7 innings allowing three hits with three strikeouts, Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-4 with two runs, one home run, and two RBIs, and Geraldo Perdomo hit a home run and stole a base. AJ Ewing went 3-for-5 with two runs, one home run, and two RBIs Sunday, Stephen Kolek went 7.1 innings allowing five hits and one walk with zero earned runs and four strikeouts, Kyle Harrison threw 6 innings allowing three hits with three strikeouts, Alec Burleson hit another home run, Logan Webb pitched 8 innings allowing seven hits with seven strikeouts, and Cedric Mullins stole two bases Sunday. On the negative side, Brandon Nimmo went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts Friday, Evan Carter went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts Friday, Trey Yesavage went 5 innings allowing four hits and six walks with five earned runs and three strikeouts, Roki Sasaki went 4.1 innings allowing seven hits and three walks with seven earned runs and four strikeouts, Tatsuya Imai went 0.2 innings allowing four hits and one walk with five earned runs and one strikeout, and Ryan Weathers went 4.1 innings allowing five hits and one walk with six earned runs and two strikeouts. Andy Pages went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, Zack Littell went 1.2 innings allowing four hits and one walk with five earned runs, Eduardo Rodriguez went 2.2 innings allowing two hits and five walks with one earned run and three strikeouts, Zach Neto went 1-for-5 with four strikeouts Friday and 0-for-5 with two strikeouts Sunday, Kyle Stow