TCU right-hander Mitchell Traver will miss four to six weeks because of a muscle strain, leaving the Horned Frogs without their No. 1 starter going into Friday’s season opener.

Coach Jim Schlossnagle said Traver has a strain of the latissimus dorsi muscle, which runs from the side of the back to the shoulder. He hurt it pitching Friday in practice.

“No doubt, it’s a huge impact,” Schlossnagle said. “But things like this happen to teams every year. We’ve got to just find a way to recover from it. It certainly gives guys who maybe wouldn’t have pitched as much more of an opportunity.” …