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2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: John Gil

How acquired The Atlanta Braves top international signing in January 2023 was Luis Guanipa, but a smaller bonus prospect hitter from that same class has been making even more waves over the past couple of seasons. That would be infielder John Gil, who the Braves signed for just $110k out of the Dominican. What were […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Luis Guanipa

How acquired The Atlanta Braves top international signing in January 2023 was Luis Guanipa out of Venezuela. Guanipa ranked as the #34 prospect according to Pipeline and commanded a $2.5M signing bonus. Guanipa was seen as a bit of a late bloomer for an international signee, as he started to improve at the plate in […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Rolddy Muñoz

Rolddy Muñoz rolled into town for a rollicking good time. A whole whopping three innings. The right-handed relief prospect has relish-worthy velocity on his fastball and rolls a lot of grounders, but he also walks too many. How acquired Muñoz signed during the 2019 international free agency period for a whole $20,000. What were the […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

What’s the worst logo in sports?

Sure would be nice if baseball current event-y stuff happened to fuel these, but I guess the World Series has to end before that. Anyway, see the title. I’m not asking about the best logo, just the worst. Nor is it limited to baseball. Once upon a time, there was a website called LogoServer, which […]

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World Series open thread: Game 5

Tonight’s pretty big. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continued to go crazy at the plate as he helped push the Blue Jays to relatively comfortable win over the Dodgers in order to tie the World Series up at two games apiece. It’s time to let the world’s latest sports analyst let you know what’s at stake going […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

2025 Atlanta Braves Prospect Reviews: Blake Burkhalter

How Acquired Blake was selected in the second comp round of the 2022 MLB draft – overall the 76th pick. What Were Expectations? After a very impressive stint at Rome to end the 2024 season there were lofty expectations for Blake – especially since he would be more than a full year removed from Tommy […]

4 months ago | 2 reads