In the midst of a from-the-ground-up rebuild, the Braves took Wright out of Vanderbilt with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. He spent much of 2018-2021 bouncing between the big league club and the minors, pitching horribly in his first 70 major league innings. Then the 2022 breakout happened.
Coming off the aforementioned breakout 2022 season, the hope was that Wright would be able to build on the strides he made and continue to establish himself as one of the better starters in the National League. For a player who had bounced back and forth between Atlanta and Gwinnett for the better part of two seasons prior, the Braves had to feel optimistic following his 2022 breakout.
Wright was delayed in the spring and never looked comfortable in his handful of starts early in the season before ultimately departing a game in Miami after two-plus innings on April 27. He spent the next three months on the Inured List before beginning a lengthy rehab stint.
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