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Braves sign reliever James Karinchak to Minor-League Deal

The Braves made a move at the Winter Meetings! And if you were ready for minor-league bullpen depth as the move to make, then it is your lucky day. The Braves agreed to a minor-league contract with reliever James Karinchak on Monday night. Karinchak was a reliever in Cleveland from 2019 to 2023, and put […]

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Winter Meetings open thread: December 8

The first official day of the Winter Meetings is over, with things set to get busier over the next couple of days with the MLB Draft Lottery and the Rule 5 Draft on the threshold. There haven’t been any serious rumors to discuss — well, other than David O’Brien of The Athletic reporting that the […]

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2025 Atlanta Braves Player Reviews

To say that 2025 was a disappointment for the Atlanta Braves would be an understatement. A team that had World Series aspirations going into the season ended up having a calamitous start that ended up being an omen for things to come, as the Braves ended up missing the Postseason entirely for the first time […]

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Atlanta Braves 2026 MLB Draft Lottery Primer

The order for the 2026 MLB Draft gets set on Tuesday December 9th, and the Braves are in position to potentially land a very juicy pick via the lottery thanks to their disappointing and injury-filled 2025 season. The lottery will be at 5:30 PM on MLB Network with the Braves having the ninth worst record, […]

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2025 Player Reviews: Nick Allen

The diminutive shortstop played Gold Glove-caliber defense as a surprising starter for the Braves, but his offensive production was the worst in baseball, making it only a one-year escapade with Atlanta for the 27-year-old. How acquired The Braves traded for Allen on November 11, 2024, sending minor league pitcher Jared Johnson to the Athletics. At […]

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Who will lead the Braves in innings in 2026?

One day, the fact that Bryce Elder led the 2025 Braves in innings will be a fun factoid, rather than a painful one. The innings leaders for the teams in the half-decade before that weren’t ever surprising, until perhaps when you get to 2019, which featured a tie between Michael Soroka and Julio Teheran. (I […]

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Braves News: Winter Meetings, Dale Murphy, Grant Holmes, More

The best time of the MLB offseason is finally here as the Winter Meetings are beginning in Orlando. However, on Sunday, the focus of Braves Country was on franchise legend Dale Murphy and his latest opportunity to get into the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, Murphy did not get the required votes from the Contemporary Baseball […]

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Dale Murphy fails to receive induction into 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame

On Sunday evening in Orlando Florida, the Baseball Hall of Fame revealed the results of the 2025 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee’s ballot to see who would get a trip through this particular method. Of the eight players who were eligible to make it in, Dale Murphy was on the ballot. Granted, Murphy was a long […]

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Alex Anthopoulos: “There are a lot of areas where we can improve”

The Winter Meetings have (un-)officially gotten started, as all of baseball’s higher-ups and luminaries have descended upon Orlando, Florida for a week of getting some offseason business done. While we’re all looking forward to fireworks, Alex Anthopoulos is simply trying to get a job done — even if it means starting it at the Winter […]

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Grant Holmes now treated as “healthy” by Braves

Ahead of the 2025 Winter Meetings, Alex Anthopoulos spoke with the media and provided a positive update on Atlanta Braves pitcher Grant Holmes. Anthopoulos told reporters, including David O’Brien of the Athletic, that the organization is treating Holmes as a healthy pitcher after his 2025 season was cut-short due to an elbow injury. Holmes opted […]

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2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: AJ Smith-Shawver

AJ Smith-Shawver just turned 23. Literally, he turned 23 a couple weeks ago, on November 20. Given that he pitched in Atlanta in both 2023 and 2024, it always breaks my brain a bit to remember how young he is, even though he’s got parts of three MLB seasons under his belt. Selected in the […]

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Will Jurickson Profar have a better year than Michael Harris?

The 2026 Braves team ZIPs projections came out on Monday. Last year’s starters plus Mauricio Dubon are below. There’s not a ton of argue about here. These numbers look pretty realistic. I understand where he gets Dan Szymborski gets these numbers from. There are a few of these that don’t look right. I think the […]

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Braves News: Offseason rumors, winter meetings, more

Braves News We continue our annual player review series with Eli White, who put in a strong season as a fourth outfielder on the squad. MLB.com’s Mark Bowman previewed the winter meetings for the Braves. MLB News The Mariners acquired a good controllable reliever from the Nationals for some real prospect capital. The Cubs are […]

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Offseason open thread: December 6

It’s Winter Meetings Eve, y’all. Tomorrow will be the start of it all and hopefully it’ll be a prelude to seeing the Braves make the moves that they need in order to hopefully get back to the lofty position where they should be in the baseball world. Anybody thinking we’ll see some fireworks right out […]

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2025 Player Reviews: Eli White

It was the first full-season in the big leagues for the now -31-year-old outfielder, as Eli White found a role as a reserve outfielder and took advantage of his playing time for a solid all-around season with the Atlanta Braves. How acquired Atlanta traded for White on January 3, 2023 after the Texas Rangers had […]

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Braves News: Osvaldo Bido, Anthony Molina claimed, season reviews, and more

The Atlanta Braves joined in on the action and made a few moves before the Winter Meetings. Up first, the club claimed right-hander Osvaldo Bido off waivers from the Athletics, followed by claiming fellow righty Anthony Molina off waivers from the Colorado Rockies. To open up a spot on the 40-man roster, southpaw Josh Walker […]

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This Day in Braves History: Andruw Jones joins the Dodgers

Braves Franchise History 2007 – Andruw Jones leaves the Braves for a two-year, $36 million deal with the Dodgers. Jones will hit .158 with just three home runs and will be released at the end of the season.  MLB History 1914 – An indoor baseball game is played in Chicago to raise money for the […]

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Offseason open thread: December 5

I hope everybody’s weekend is off to a lovely start so far. This should be a fun one with the Winter Meetings being right around the corner. Hopefully it’ll be an exciting one for Atlanta and we’ll have plenty to talk about next week. Anyways, the floor is now yours and here’s a random clip:

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Braves claim Osvaldo Bido and Anthony Molina off waivers

The Atlanta Braves have made regular usage of the outright waivers system as of late and this time, they’ve done a double dip in that particular pool in order to pick up a couple of pitchers. In one fell swoop, the Braves announced that they’d claimed both RHP Osvaldo Bido and RHP Anthony Molina off […]

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2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Enyel De Los Santos

It’s not often that relievers with really good numbers for two years fall into your lap. That was the case with Enyel De Los Santos and the Braves last winter. The 2022 and 2023 seasons with Cleveland were the high water mark for Enyel. So, how did fall into said lap? Well, the 2024 campaign […]

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Alex Anthopoulos looks to continue improving Braves roster during Winter Meetings

It’s that time of the offseason once again, as the Winter Meetings are set to get underway this Sunday down in Orlando, Florida. If you believe the current headlines, this should be an “active” Winter Meetings and hopefully we’ll be seeing Atlanta Braves President/General Manager Alex Anthopoulos getting in on the action as well. The […]

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Braves News: Bryce Elder season review, Winter Meetings, and more

Tuesday marked another quiet day on the news front for the Atlanta Braves, who are gearing up for the Winter Meetings next week. Until those come around, Battery Power continues its player review series, moving forward with Bryce Elder and prospect Elison Joseph.  MLB News: The Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates completed a five-player […]

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