The Braves took Elder in the fifth and final round of the truncated 2020 MLB Draft. He was the fifth-to-last player taken, though amusingly, both he and second-to-last overall pick Gavin Stone have made their MLB debuts already and project to have major league roles going forward. Elder flew through three minor league levels in 2021, and spent 2022 largely at Triple-A Gwinnett, though the Braves relied on him to provide a bunch of starting innings down the stretch.
For what it was worth, ZiPS actually had Elder as an above-average starter (over 2 WAR in 142 2â 3 innings as a central estimate) coming into the year, but c
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