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Braves to play multiple games on NBC and Peacock in 2026 season

Television and streaming rights for Major League Baseball are changing frequently, and in 2026, you’ll be able to find the Atlanta Braves featured on NBC and Peacock exclusively a handful of times. One big change: Sunday Night Baseball has transitioned from ESPN to NBC. That is a welcome change in my humble opinion, and it […]

Braves Reacts Survey Results: Grading the offseason so far

The polls are closed and the results are in from the SB Nation Reacts survey that we ran earlier this week. In the poll, we asked how you would grade the Atlanta Braves offseason so far by giving a full letter grade. Given that letter grades in this scenario are one-hundred percent subjective, it was […]

MLB

Who will broadcast the Braves in 2026?

We’ll have more coverage on this later, but it’s a Friday, so it’s low-effort question time. The Braves could renegotiate something with FanDuel. I’m not sure why they would, but they could. MLB Media is the other default assuming nothing else happens — which picked up some other team games when FanDuel’s corporate parent was […]

Braves News: Ken Waldichuk claimed, arbitration figures, and more

The Atlanta Braves reported Thursday that left-hander Ken Waldichuk had been claimed off waivers from the Athletics. The club also announced that infielder Vidal Bruján had been designated for assignment. 28-year-old Waldichuk debuted in 2022 and has 42 games under his belt. He has an underwhelming 6-11 record to accompany his 5.28 ERA. As for […]

Braves claim Ken Waldichuk off waivers

The Atlanta Braves made a habit out of claiming players off of waivers during the regular season (for obvious reasons) and early on in the offseason as well. There was a bit of a lull (which has spread across most of baseball) but that’s changed today. Earlier this afternoon, the Braves made a move to […]

Braves terminate broadcast contract with FanDuel Sports Network, per report

Not to get too in the weeds on a Thursday afternoon, but here’s the deal. As reported by Evan Drellich in The Athletic, the Braves are one of nine teams terminating their existing broadcast contract with FanDuel. Key points: Other than that, stay tuned. But if for some reason you found the idea of FanDuel […]

What would you have traded for Edward Cabrera?

The offseason is well underway at this point, and there have been two trades so far that have caused me to scratch my head a bit. Both have involved Front Offices that, in terms of pedigree and past experience, seem to know what they’re doing — so I’m shrugging a bit in addition to the […]

Braves News: TV uncertainty, Ozzie Albies, Freddy Peralta rumors, more

Well Mark Bowman wrote a good article on the status of the Braves’ search for starting pitching to add this offseason. It was interesting that he seemed to think that non-qualifying offer free agents or perhaps select non-top-tier trade options are the more likely avenues. Freddy Peralta is a hot commodity and has been covered […]

Offseason open thread: January 7

Good evening, y’all. Hope everything’s going well. Here’s a random clip for you and now the floor is yours:

What will Ozzie Albies produce in 2026?

Ozzie Albies having a club option for 2026 really killed my momentum. Or, perhaps more accurately, the Braves not immediately exercising said option killed my momentum. It’s mostly my fault, because of course they were going to — for a marginal cost of $3 million, it would be almost as insulting as the original deal […]

Braves News: International free agency, starting pitching, and more

The Atlanta Braves and the rest of Major League Baseball are gearing up for the international signing period, beginning January 15th. This time around, the Braves have over $6.2M to spend. Linked to Jose Manon and Starling De La Cruz, here’s how the international singing period may shake out for Atlanta.  More Braves News: The […]

SURVEY: What grade would you give the Braves offseason so far?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Braves fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Atlanta Braves came into this offseason with blazing speed being one of the most active […]

Atlanta Braves 2026 International Free Agency Primer

We are just a little over a week away from the international signing period beginning January 15th and ending December 15th. How it works is simple – teams are assigned a bonus pool based on a several different factors. To learn more about the mechanics behind how Major League Baseball assigns that pool can be […]

MLB

What is the future of starting pitching in MLB?

I don’t know if this is empirically true, but it certainly feels like the market for decent-or-better starting pitching has become, let’s say… engorged over the last few years. Due to the ubiquity of pitching injury, the number of durable starters is dwindling: In addition to injury, teams are trying to be proactive with load […]

MLB

Braves News: Freddy Peralta, 2025 Rookies, More

As mentioned yesterday, the Braves, like many teams, continue to be involved in talks regarding the addition of starting pitching. While Ken Rosenthal suggested the Braves are more likely to sign an arm than trade for one. Atlanta is one of several teams that have checked on starter Freddy Peralta of the Brewers. The idea […]

Offseason open thread: January 5

Good evening! For everybody coming back to work after the holidays, hope today went as smoothly as possible on your return back to the office. For everybody else, I just hope you’re having a nice evening out there. The floor is now yours. Here’s a random clip:

NFL

A New Year’s inventory of the 2026 Atlanta Braves

The turning of the calendar from 2025 to 2026 has come and gone, which makes this as perfect of a time as any to start to take a bit of an inventory of sorts when it comes to how the 2026 Atlanta Braves are shaping up. It also gives us an excuse to really start […]

Topps Baseball shouts out father-son full circle moment with Atlanta Braves

It was in the third round of the 2025 MLB Draft when East Tennessee State University junior Cody Miller received the call that he’d been selected by the Atlanta Braves—his favorite team, a fandom passed down from his father. Making the moment even more special, Miller’s father had the honor of photographing his son’s baseball […]

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Braves are reportedly interested in Freddy Peralta

It’s a new year so we’ve got new rumors when it comes to the Atlanta Braves and their plans for continuing to improved their roster for the upcoming 2026 season. Earlier on in the offseason, Alex Anthopoulos made it clear that the three areas that they’d be prioritizing were shortstop, bullpen and starting pitching — […]

How much better will 2026 be than 2025?

I was going to have a “What will Bryce Elder do in 2026?” post for today, but life got in the way, so suffice to say, the first few days of 2026 have not been all too different from 2025 for me. But, things can change, and there’s a lot of year to go. So, […]

MLB

Braves News: Starting Pitching, NL East, More

Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic released his latest updates across the league for many teams still looking to fill needs this offseason. For the Braves, it was simply reemphasizing what was already known. The Braves are looking to add to their starting rotation and will likely do it via free agency instead of a trade. […]

Who is your 2026 Braves sleeper pick?

I didn’t realize that when we bought our house that we were moving into the Chainsaw District of town. This part of town is all about their chainsaws and lawn mowers and leaf blowers and weed eaters. And prime time for all of that is Saturday morning from 730-930am. It’s like the leaf blowers are […]