Scott Braun, Erik Kratz and Todd Frazier celebrate a four-team clinch night, including the White Sox and Cubs reaching the postseason on the same day for the first time and Pete Crow-Armstrong completing a 40-40 season. FT Senior Insider Ken Rosenthal shares the latest on Aaron Judge and Willson Contreras, Atlanta’s postseason rotation and why the Reds have failed to follow the Brewers model. Friar Territory host Marty Caswell joins fresh from the Padres champagne celebration to discuss their ...
The last series of the season and there is no playoff implications. Likely starting pitchers: The Reds are 74-85, last in the NL Central (Jays are 77-82, last in the AL East). The Reds have scored 4.12 runs per game, last in the NL (the Jays are last in the AL in runs per game […]
Though their spot in the playoffs is already clinched, a notable piece is back in the Chicago Cubs’ lineup. Star third baseman Alex Bregman is returning to the Cubs’ lineup for the first time since suffering a facial fracture, the team announced ahead of their game against the Boston Red Sox on Friday. He will serve as the Cubs’ designated hitter and bat third, with Matt Shaw occupying his everyday spot at third base. Bregman suffered the injury in Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds aft...
With the division having been locked up last weekend and the seeding essentially being locked in as well, this was pretty much a dead-rubber series for the Atlanta BRaves as they took on a struggling Cincinnati Reds squad that is also playing out the string. As such, the main thing that everybody was looking for was simply quality of performance and health rather than actual results. The Braves have gotten the results that they needed for the 2026 regular season and all they need now is to gea...
With the division having been locked up last weekend and the seeding essentially being locked in as well, this was pretty much a dead-rubber series for the Atlanta BRaves as they took on a struggling Cincinnati Reds squad that is also playing out the string. As such, the main thing that everybody was looking for […]
A report from The Athletic raises major questions about who has been making the Cincinnati Reds’ biggest baseball decisions. Nick Kirby and Trace Fowler discuss the reporting from Ken Rosenthal and C. Trent Rosecrans, including the claim that owner Bob Castellini repeatedly blocked trades the Reds’ front office wanted to make. If president of baseball operations Nick Krall could not carry out his preferred plan, how much responsibility should he bear for the team’s results? One exchange sits a...
LOS ANGELES — Before the Dodgers even took the field on Thursday night, they had something to celebrate. After the Braves’ 7-6 loss to the Reds, the Dodgers clinched one of the top two records in the National League and a first-round bye in the postseason. They will have home-field advantage in the best-of-five NL Division Series, which begins on Oct. 3. Dodgers Postseason Tickets are On Sale Now! The Dodgers could make a play for the top seed in the NL, which would give them home-field advant...
The Braves appeared to be on their way to a victory in the home regular season finale, but a shaky start from Tyler Mahle and a lineup that went quiet after the early innings led to a 7-6 lost at Truist Park on Thursday night. Mahle, making his final start before the postseason, had his […]
The Dodgers on September 14 beat the Reds to clinch a playoff berth for the 14th season in a row, tying the major league record also held by the Atlanta Braves, who made it to 14 consecutive postseasons from 1991-2005. Los Angeles won again in Cincinnati on September 15, which eliminated the Arizona Diamondbacks from […]
It’s the home finale for the Atlanta Braves! Will Tyler Mahle make it another great start on the mound for the Braves? Will the home team send the home fans home happy for one last time before the Postseason gets under way? Let’s get into it, shall we? Also, join us on the app — especially if you’re a Falcons fan tuning in for the latest episode of football tomfoolery, as you’ll be able to switch between The Falcoholic and Battery Power pretty easily. Preview Lineups Martín Pérez goes on IL; E...
After an extra inning loss last night, the Cincinnati Reds (73-85) look to win the series in the rubber match with the Atlanta Braves (93-65) at Truist Park Thursday night. First pitch is set for 7:15 PM EDT. Lineups Cincinnati Reds Atlanta Braves Carlos Jorge – CF Drake Baldwin – DH Elly De La Cruz – SS Ronald Acuña Jr – RF Sal Stewart – 1B Matt Olson – 1B Tyler Stephenson – C Michael Harris II – CF JJ Bleday – LF Mauricio Dubón – SS Eugenio Suárez – DH Ozzie Albies – 2B Hector Rodríguez – RF...
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It’s the home finale for the Atlanta Braves! Will Tyler Mahle make it another great start on the mound for the Braves? Will the home team send the home fans home happy for one last time before the Postseason gets under way? Let’s get into it, shall we? Also, join us on the app — […]
The Cincinnati Reds got a surprise early run off Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale to begin last night’s game at Truist Park, and lefty Andrew Abbott turned back the clock with a start worthy of his All Star status in 2025. Still, the Reds managed to lose said game in 10 innings after being successfully […]
The Reds plummeted down the standings after a strong April. They lost one of their top two starters to Tommy John surgery that’ll likely cost him all of 2027. Most of the rotation underperformed and the back half of the lineup was as bad as any in the league. There’s still elite high-end talent, but this year was a major disappointment for a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff series in three decades. Guaranteed Contracts Chase Burns , RHP: $103MM through 2033 Hunter Greene , RHP: $33MM throug...
Ronald Acuña Jr. is back in the Braves lineup and ultimately missed just one game after fouling a baseball off his knee during night’s contest against the Cincinnati Reds. Acuña is batting second in the order — sandwiched between Drake Baldwin and Matt Olson — and is playing in right field, an even more encouraging sign that he is feeling better after receiving treatment on his knee the last 36 hours. Here’s hoping Ronald continues to mash baseballs the way he was before exiting Tuesday’s game...
In some news that came out of nowhere ahead of the Braves series finale against the Reds, Martin Perez is heading to the IL with back inflammation. Braves lefty Martin Perez is going on the IL with lower back inflammation. — Gabe Burns (@GabeBurnsAJC) September 24, 2026 Walt Weiss added that Perez felt the pain […]
Tyler Mahle gets his final tune-up start of the regular season, getting the ball for the finale versus the Cincinnati Reds. Here is your fifteen-minute scouting report for today’s game. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/wksQqVNEpX Follow Lindsay on Twitter: @CrosbyBaseball Read our written work: bravestoday.substack.com Get 20% off at NCase Cards with promo code “BravesToday” Rocker Chicks by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.o...
The Reds plummeted down the standings after a strong April. They lost one of their top two starters to Tommy John surgery that’ll likely cost him all of 2027. Most of the rotation underperformed and the back half of the lineup was as bad as any in the league. There’s still elite high-end talent, but […]
Ronald Acuña Jr. is back in the Braves lineup and ultimately missed just one game after fouling a baseball off his knee during night’s contest against the Cincinnati Reds. Acuña is batting second in the order — sandwiched between Drake Baldwin and Matt Olson — and is playing in right field, an even more encouraging […]
It is the last off-day of the regular season, before the series with the Reds. I forgot that today was an off-day. I went to see what time tonight’s game was starting and whoops there isn’t a tonight’s game. And there isn’t much for Jays news. Everything is about Vlad’s interview, and I think I […]
Wednesday was an eventful day for Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale. Sale achieved his 9th 200-strikeout season in a 3-2 win over the Cincinatti Reds. However, it was bittersweet that it happened on the same day his former pitching coach Don Cooper passed away at the age of 70. After the game, Sale gave it […]
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The person in the photo above is not a strange wanderer whose arrival at the local inn coincided with that of a growing pestilence. That is Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman, photographed in the dugout two nights ago.
Bregman looks like that because he was struck by a foul ball while standing in the on-deck circle during last Sunday's game against the Reds. He suffered multiple facial fractures , which is obvious by the look of him. Here he is this morning arriving at Wrigley Field:
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Ken Rosenthal and Alanna Rizzo react to Aaron Judge pushing back on Aaron Boone’s injury prognosis and examine the unusual disconnect surrounding the Yankees star. They break down the final weekend of the regular season, including the sub-.500 Astros and Rangers tied atop the AL West, the AL Central race and the battle for NL Wild Card seeding. On Inside Dish, Ken explains why the Reds have failed to follow the Brewers’ model, whether Cincinnati mismanaged its assets and how the organization s...
A 37-year-old Chris Sale threw yet another gem on Wednesday as he winds down yet another Cy Young finalist-grade season in Atlanta, striking out 10 Cincinnati Reds over 5⅔ innings of one-run ball in a game the Braves won 3-2 in 11 innings. That 10th strikeout gave him 200 on the year, so he joined…
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