Hurston WaldrepATL · SP

2026 review

Hurston Waldrep struggled as a starter for ATL, posting an 8.44 ERA and 2.16 WHIP in 10.2 IP across 3 games with 2 starts, a 16.1 K% and a 17.9 BB% over 56 BF, allowing 3 HR and taking 1 L. Right elbow surgery put him on the 15-day IL Mar 25, he was transferred to the 60-day IL May 21, took rehab assignments Jun 1 and Jun 11, and was activated Jun 12 before being optioned that same day, missing 79 days in that stint. He was recalled Jun 26, optioned Jul 10, recalled again Sep 24, and placed back on the 60-day IL that day for a right elbow UCL injury, a stint that had reached 3 days through Sep 27. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 366 and taken in 503 of 674 drafts, he finished 985th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 619 spots below his ADP rank, and 147th of 236 starting pitchers. His workload was 1 game and 2.0 IP in Jun and 2 games and 8.2 IP in Jul. The TDK LABS card had him pitching long relief for his season debut in late Jun, then stretched out into rotation depth by early Jul, and by late Sep it noted his return to the 60-day IL following elbow ligament surgery.