Atlanta Braves righty Mike Soroka is one of the best young arms in baseball and even finished as a heavy candidate in the NL Cy Young race in 2019. But just days into the 2020 campaign, the Canadian suffered a torn Achilles. Fast forward to the beginning of this past season and Soroka re-injured it.

That being said, the Braves are still without their ace. However, the team has set a hopeful return date for Soroka. Next summer. Via Jon Heyman:

If he does come back by June or July, that would be over two years since his last pitch in the big leagues. It's scary to think that Soroka somehow hurt his Achilles again, but clearly, it wasn't fully healed.

The Braves certainly didn't miss him in 2021, though. Atlanta cruised to a World Series title after beating the Houston Astros in six games, despite only finishing 15 games above .500. Their pitching staff impressed heavily, with Charlie Morton and Max Fried emerging as a lethal one-two punch at the top of the rotation all year long.

Soroka went a stellar 13-4 in 2019 with a 2.68 ERA en route to becoming an All-Star. It's hard to predict if he'll be the same pitcher after a brutal injury, but the Braves certainly know what he's capable of.