Single-A Augusta placed Ritchie (elbow) on its 60-day injured list March 26.
Augusta notably placed Ritchie on the 60-day IL rather than the full-season IL, signaling that he's expected back at some point in the second half of the season once he completes his recovery from May 2023 Tommy John surgery. Before suffering the season-ending elbow injury last May, Ritchie made four starts for Augusta and compiled a 5.40 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 25:3 K:BB in 13.1 innings.
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Braves' JR Ritchie: Headed for Tommy John surgery
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Ritchie is scheduled to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery Wednesday to repair a moderate UCL tear in his right elbow, Geoff Pontes of Baseball America reports.
In addition to sidelining Ritchie for the remainder of the 2023 campaign, the upcoming procedure is expected to keep the 19-year-old on the shelf for the majority -- if not all -- of the 2024 minor-league season. A 2022 first-round supplemental pick, Ritchie had turned in a 5.40 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 25:3 K:BB in 13.1 innings over four starts with Single-A Augusta before being deactivated May 11.
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Braves' JR Ritchie: Goes on IL
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Single-A Augusta placed Ritchie (undisclosed) on its 7-day injured list Thursday.
Ritchie was deactivated five days after he exited his fourth start of the season with an unspecified injury. Over 13.1 innings with Augusta this season, Ritchie owns a 5.40 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 25:3 K:BB.
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Braves' JR Ritchie: Dealing with undisclosed injury
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Ritchie left his most recent start for Single-A Augusta with an apparent injury, Garrett Spain of Battery Power reports.
He faced the minimum while striking out six through three innings in his May 6 start against Kannapolis, but he suffered an apparent injury on a pitch in the fourth inning and then missed badly on two pitches before calling for the catcher to come visit. The manager and trainer came out as well and Ritchie left with an undisclosed injury. The 6-foot-2 righty boasts a 25:3 K:BB in 13.1 innings while going around three innings per start for the GreenJackets.
