Braves still searching for Saturday starter

ATLANTA — When the Braves drafted a bunch of pitchers in June and then said, “You can never have enough pitching,” they certainly didn’t believe they’d be in their current position, where they essentially don’t have enough pitching to construct a big league rotation in comfortable fashion.

Atlanta’s starting rotation took another hit on Thursday, when Aaron Blair was placed on Triple-A Gwinnett’s disabled list with a left knee strain suffered during a bullpen session on Wednesday. The Braves had been planning to promote Blair and have him start Saturday’s game in St. Louis. Instead, they have to fill another void within a rotation that now counts Mike Foltynewicz as its only member who has made more than five career starts.

Blair was carted off the field because he was not able to put any weight on his left leg after he hyperextended the knee and fell to the ground. The Braves are cautiously optimistic this was not a season-ending injury suffered by the 24-year-old right-hander, who stood as one of the Braves’ top prospects before he graduated from prospect status while making the first 11 starts of his big league career this year.

This has been a rough year for Blair, who posted a 7.99 …

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