Atlanta Braves face 58 Games in 60 Days: Six-man rotation required
By Fred Owens

Prepping for postseason
According to Mark Bowman (Twitter link), Max Fried remains in the bullpen and starts one of the doubleheader games on Tuesday. The Braves called up Wes Parsons and optioned Kolby Allard after Allard’s start on Tuesday.
UPDATE: okay, curveball. Parsons didn’t even get a chance to unpack his gear: he’ll been optioned back out to Gwinnett to make room for the early-arriving Kevin Gausman. Gausman is now in New York with the team.
Allard could well return after he’s rested and the 10-day mandatory period in AAA passes, though there’s also a chance that he could make a cameo appearance as the ’26th’ man for the upcoming double-header – the 10-day recall prohibition rule doesn’t apply to this situation.
Here’s how the rotation sets up right now.
Date | Vs | Projected Starter | Rotating starters | |
Thursday, Aug 2 | @ | NYM | Mike Foltynewicz | Max Fried – primary |
Friday, Aug 3 | @ | NYM | Anibal Sanchez | |
Saturday, Aug 4 | @ | NYM | Kevin Gausman | Brandon McCarthy * |
Sunday, Aug 5 | @ | NYM | Julio Teheran | |
Tuesday, Aug 7 | @ | WSN | Sean Newcomb | Emergency long man |
Tuesday, Aug 7 | @ | WSN | Max Fried | Kolby Allard |
Wednesday, Aug 8 | @ | WSN | Mike Foltynewicz | Wes Parsons |
Thursday, Aug 9 | @ | WSN | Anibal Sanchez | Bullpen |
Friday, Aug 10 | MIL | Kevin Gausman | Brad Brach | |
Saturday, Aug 11 | MIL | Julio Teheran | Jesse Biddle | |
Sunday, Aug 12 | MIL | Sean Newcomb | Shane Carle | |
Monday, Aug 13 | MIA | Max Fried | Luke Jackson | |
Monday, Aug 13 | MIA | Mike Foltynewicz | A.J. Minter – closer | |
Tuesday, Aug 14 | MIA | Anibal Sanchez | Jonny Venters | |
Wednesday, Aug 15 | MIA | Kevin Gausman | Dan Winkler | |
Thursday, Aug 16 | COL | Julio Teheran | Sam Freeman * | |
Friday, Aug 17 | COL | Sean Newcomb | Peter Moylan * | |
Saturday, Aug 18 | COL | Max Fried | Others* | |
Sunday, Aug 19 | COL | Mike Foltynewicz | * After 8/31 | |
Monday, Aug 20 | @ | PIT | Anibal Sanchez | |
Tuesday, Aug 21 | @ | PIT | Kevin Gausman | |
Wednesday, Aug 22 | @ | PIT | Julio Teheran | |
Thursday, Aug 23 | @ | MIA | Sean Newcomb | |
Friday, Aug 24 | @ | MIA | Max Fried | |
Saturday, Aug 25 | @ | MIA | Mike Foltynewicz | |
Sunday, Aug 26 | @ | MIA | Anibal Sanchez | |
Tuesday, Aug 28 | TBR | Kevin Gausman | ||
Wednesday, Aug 29 | TBR | Julio Teheran | ||
Thursday, Aug 30 | CHC | Sean Newcomb | ||
Friday, Aug 31 | PIT | Max Fried | ||
Saturday, Sep 1 | PIT | Mike Foltynewicz | ||
Sunday, Sep 2 | PIT | Anibal Sanchez | ||
Monday, Sep 3 | BOS | Kevin Gausman | ||
Tuesday, Sep 4 | BOS | Julio Teheran | ||
Wednesday, Sep 5 | BOS | Sean Newcomb | ||
Thursday, Sep 6 | @ | ARI | Max Fried | |
Friday, Sep 7 | @ | ARI | Mike Foltynewicz | |
Saturday, Sep 8 | @ | ARI | Anibal Sanchez | |
Sunday, Sep 9 | @ | ARI | Kevin Gausman | |
Monday, Sep 10 | @ | SFG | Julio Teheran | |
Tuesday, Sep 11 | @ | SFG | Sean Newcomb | |
Wednesday, Sep 12 | @ | SFG | Max Fried | |
Friday, Sep 14 | WSN | Mike Foltynewicz | ||
Saturday, Sep 15 | WSN | Anibal Sanchez | ||
Sunday, Sep 16 | WSN | Kevin Gausman | ||
Monday, Sep 17 | STL | Julio Teheran | ||
Tuesday, Sep 18 | STL | Sean Newcomb | ||
Wednesday, Sep 19 | STL | Max Fried | ||
Thursday, Sep 20 | PHI | Mike Foltynewicz | ||
Friday, Sep 21 | PHI | Anibal Sanchez | ||
Saturday, Sep 22 | PHI | Kevin Gausman | ||
Sunday, Sep 23 | PHI | Julio Teheran | ||
Tuesday, Sep 25 | @ | NYM | Sean Newcomb | |
Wednesday, Sep 26 | @ | NYM | Max Fried | |
Thursday, Sep 27 | @ | NYM | Mike Foltynewicz | |
Friday, Sep 28 | @ | PHI | Anibal Sanchez | |
Saturday, Sep 29 | @ | PHI | Kevin Gausman | |
Sunday, Sep 30 | @ | PHI | Julio Teheran |
I filled in Fried as the sixth starter as I feel that’s the plan. Max has 92 innings this year at all levels and threw 118 across three levels last year.
Allard threw 150 innings last season at AA and sits at 114 across AAA and MLB now. He could easily pick up innings if needed. Brandon McCarthy could return after September 1 and Luiz Gohara is sitting at Gwinnett waiting for the shuttle.