One day, the fact that Bryce Elder led the 2025 Braves in innings will be a fun factoid, rather than a painful one. The innings leaders for the teams in the half-decade before that weren’t ever surprising, until perhaps when you get to 2019, which featured a tie between Michael Soroka and Julio Teheran. (I think R.A. Dickey in 2017 and Mike Minor barely edging out Tim Hudson for the lead in 2012 are other ones that might throw people.) Alex Anthopoulos gave some brief remarks yesterday, where he talked about how all the starters are healthy and throwing great. While I encourage you to read those statements as nothing more than leverage, such as it is, through the arm of the press, it does make one wonder: who will lead the Braves in innings in 2026?Chris Sale didn’t have a pitching-related injury last year, but he’ll turn 37 right around Opening Day and has been known to suffer all sorts of calamities that prevent him from taking the hill.Spencer Strider has a lot of uncertainty surrounding him at this point.Spencer Schwellenbach certainly seemed durable, up until his elbow apparently fractured out of nowhere. Reynaldo Lopez is about as “fresh” as can be considering he essentially had a whole year of not pitching in 2025, but of course, his own recent injury history and potential challenges with ramping back up to a starting workload loom.Grant Holmes, well, let’s just say, I’m very hopeful he is as healthy as claimed, but the track record of non-surgical approaches to mitigating elbow issues is very… not great. So, we’ll see.And then, of course, Bryce Elder looms, as always. (Until the Braves trade him? If ever?)Sure, the Braves could add another arm or three, and maybe they add a durable starter. Hard to speculate effectively on who that might be, though.In any case, have at it. I think Sale is the “safest” bet, but none of these are really safe at all.