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Braves vs. Diamondbacks game thread: April 3

The Atlanta Braves have started the season with three straight series-opening wins after last night’s 17-2 thumping of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Now they go for their first three-game winning streak of the season in Game 2 of the four-game series Friday night in Phoenix. Atlanta will give the ball to Grant Holmes as he looks […]

Grant Holmes takes the mound as Braves look to keep rolling in Arizona

Folks, I’m gonna say it. Seven games into the 2026 season, the vibes around the Atlanta Braves are getting dangerously high. Maybe it’s just PTSD from the marathon of pain that was the 2025 season, but Thursday night’s 17-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks was some serious catharsis — and whiplash from the strong pitching […]

Where will the Battery Power Top 30 Braves Prospects open up the 2026 season?

Today is the day where Columbus and Augusta get their seasons underway, meaning all four levels of the Atlanta Braves system are now underway. With that in mind I decided to make this guide for following where our Top 30 prospects, and honorable mentions, will open the season. Below you will find the players in […]

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All hail the ABS system (and not just because the Braves benefited from it)

We’re only a week into this new season and nearly two months overall into the Automated Ball-Strike System and I’ve seen enough. It’s what we all thought it would be, y’all: ABS is a real and true game-changer for Major League Baseball. This is a pretty big benefit for the sport as a whole and […]

Braves Minor League Recap: John Gil homers in Rome Debut

John Gil has forced the eyes of prospect watchers on him after this spring, and for those following along with Rome’s opener he gave them something to admire. Gil’s strong opener featured a no-doubt home run, all three of Rome’s RBIs, and two stolen bases. Gwinnett’s offense led the way to close win for them […]

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Two starts in, how do you feel about Reynaldo Lopez?

It probably goes without saying that our collective enjoyment of the Braves would be higher the last few seasons if we didn’t have so many “the [player name] saga,” but, unfortunately, we do. The Reynaldo Lopez saga is definitely a saga, at that, and it’s one that’s had a number of developments lately, what with […]

Braves News: Big win out West, Brett Wisely update, and more

The Atlanta Braves opened their West Coast road trip with a bang after Thursday night’s 17-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Atlanta lineup racked up 16 hits, and for the first time since 2001, every member of the starting lineup recorded an RBI.  It was a successful night for the pitchers, too, who allowed […]

Braves bats wallop Diamondbacks in 17-2 blowout victory

In what quickly became the most lopsided game of the season, the Braves struck early and often against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Thursday night en route to a 17-2 win. The Braves are now 5-2 on the young season, It took until game 17 last year to win five games. Matt Olson […]

Braves vs Diamondbacks Game Thread: April 2

Reynaldo López and the Braves are looking for their third consecutive series-opening win against Ryne Nelson and the Diamondbacks. More on the pitching matchup here and today’s lineups here. First pitch is scheduled for 9:40 pm ET.  We are entering real sicko hours (for us on the East Coast). But unfortunately for me, seeing Wiley […]

Braves repeat same lineup in Diamondbacks series opener

Let’s play four in Phoenix. For the third straight game, Walt Weiss has penciled in the same lineup. (And for the second straight series, the Braves social team has used “New series on deck” as the accompanying copy…) I’m mostly interested who, if anyone, plans to step up offensively. Reigning ROY or not, Baldwin can’t […]

Didier Fuentes lands in MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect list

Just a week into the season and we already have our newest addition to the Top 100. You don’t have to look any further than Didier Fuentes. Didier had a stellar Spring Training where he appeared in four games and pitched 13.2 innings with an absurd 18 strikeouts and just one walk (11.8 K/9, 0.66 […]

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Reynaldo López, Braves to open West Coast road trip against Diamondbacks

This opening weekend and homestand have felt especially sweet after last year’s nightmare start. Drake is raking, TBS-era Braves enjoyers are eating good with the newly revealed City Connects and various BravesVision homages… and the Braves aren’t climbing out of an early season deficit.  Let’s hope the good vibes made the team plane headed West. […]

Rome Emperors release 2026 Opening Day roster

With the Emperors season starting this Thursday, Rome has released their Opening Day roster – let’s take a look at how the roster is setup in what should hopefully be a strong season. We’ve already gone over the rosters for both Augusta and Columbus earlier today and here’s a look at the Gwinnett roster from […]

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Augusta GreenJackets release 2026 Opening Day roster

As we close in on the second Opening Day in the minor leagues, the one where all of the full season levels beyond Triple-A get started, the Augusta GreenJackets have released their first roster of the season. There are a few surprises, but none too big. Let’s take a closer look at this exciting young […]

Columbus Clingstones release 2026 Opening Day roster

Gwinnett’s monopoly on Minor League games being played is coming to an end as the rest of full season ball begin to ramp up. Let’s take a look at the roster and see whats in store for the Clingstones. Starters By the looks of the roster Columbus starts the season with six starters headlined by […]

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Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie bounces back

Gwinnett Stripers (2-3) 6, Round Rock Express (1-4) 3 Box Score Gwinnett picked up their second win of the season on Wednesday as JR Ritchie rebounded from what was a shaky start to his season in the process. in his first start of the season last Friday, Ritchie struggled with his command, which led to […]

2026 Atlanta Braves MLB Draft pool allotment is nearly 16 million dollars

While we were watching Chris Sale beat the flu and the Athletics, the 2026 MLB Draft pools were released. The draft order was finalized in December, now we get the pools. The Braves will receive a pool of $15,870,800 for the picks in July’s Rule 4 Amateur Draft. That’s up from $9,081,100 from last year. […]

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Brett Wisely clears waivers and is assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett

We’ve got a roster move that fell through the cracks a little bit but still needs to be talked about since it affects the depth of this squad. Back around Opening Day, infielder Brett Wisely was designated for assignment once it was clear that he wouldn’t be making the team. That was all the way […]

What will the Braves’ identity be by the end of the year?

Watching the Braves’ first six games of the year, it’s hard to really seize on any one thing that cements their identity as distinct from other teams, or the Braves teams that have come before. Not that these things have to come in the first six games, and sometimes, even if they do, it’s not […]

Braves News: Draft prospects, Chris Sale flu game, more

We were reminded of three people we are lucky to have on Wednesday: Chris Sale, Drake Baldwin, and Matt Powers. Chris Sale wasn’t his best self and had a major velocity dip to start the game, but he worked through 6.0 innings of 1 run ball to deliver a series victory for Atlanta. Drake Baldwin […]

Offense does enough as Chris Sale deals in Braves win

The Atlanta Braves took on the Athletics today in the series finale as both staff aces took the mound. Both teams have struggled offensively to start the season, which may be shocking to some because both team’s lineups look solid on paper in comparison to the rest of the league. The key to this game […]

Athletics at Atlanta Braves game thread

The Atlanta Braves are set to face off against the offensively struggling Athletics in a series finale that features both staff aces in Chris Sale and Luis Severino. The Braves have only scored 3.80 runs thus far and the Athletics have only scored 3.20. The crazy part is even though the Braves have a thin […]