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Spencer Strider will join Sean Murphy on rehab assignment in High-A Rome
As it turns out, Thursday night will be a very good day for local fans in Rome to show up to the ballpark and for Braves fans in general to keep an eye on the Rome Emperors. Walt Weiss spoke with the media before Tuesday’s night middle game between the Braves and the Marlins and […]
Braves lineup ready to redeem themselves in game 2 vs Marlins
A brand new day for another game of baseball. This time, the Atlanta Braves are looking to bounce back from an embarrassing low-run loss in yesterday’s matchup. The rosters have been released. No changes to today’s lineup, as it’s an exact reflection of yesterday. You know what this could tell us? The same roster is […]
Braves Minor League Update: Who’s hot, Who’s not, April 14 edition
Continuing our series from last week, let’s take a look at who showed up the most last week and who stands to gain this week. Who’s Hot Ethan Bagwell – 7IP 7H 3ER 0BB 5K Building off of a great season debut, Ethan Bagwell continued his good work – this time against the Delmarva Shorebirds. […]
Reynaldo López returns from suspension and ready to face the Marlins in game 2
He’s back! And just in time, yesterday was not the opener the Atlanta Braves were looking for to start this homestead against the Miami Marlins. The early pulling of Grant Holmes initially raised concerns until Walt Weiss’ reasoning behind his decision was later explained. Let’s look at these pitching matchups to gear up for game […]
Braves option Rolddy Muñoz and call up Hayden Harris
The Atlanta Braves are officially doing the bullpen shuffle. It’s not nearly as glamorous as the Super Bowl Shuffle (kids, YouTube is free) but it’s the type of thing that has to happen in order to keep a season going sometimes. This time, the focus is on two pitchers: Rolddy Muñoz is going down and […]
Will the Braves flip Munoz and/or another reliever off the roster?
Last night was blah. We haven’t seen a “total failure of run prevention” from this team yet, but that’s what it was nearly was last night: two homers, some poor defensive positioning that helped lead to a .452 Marlins BABIP, counterbalanced “only” by a 9/3 K/BB ratio where the strikeouts were mostly accrued when the […]
Atlanta Braves News: Braves drop series opener, Michael Harris II returns, Sean Murphy gets rehab assignment (for real this time)
A busy day in the world of the Atlanta Braves culminated with the team getting rocked on the field Monday night by the Miami Marlins. Despite the Marlins having scored three runs total across the entire three-game series in Detroit, they eclipsed that mark in just five innings in Atlanta. The offense did show signs […]
Atlanta Braves pitching rocky and bats can’t catch up in loss to Marlins
The Atlanta Braves took on the Miami Marlins in at Truist Park in a game that looked to be in the home team’s favor. Grant Holmes and his sterling ERA backed by an offense that leads the NL East in run differential by a large margin. The Marlins starter, Eury Pérez, has a career ERA […]
Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins Game Thread
The Atlanta Braves and their scorching hot offense are taking on the surprisingly good Miami Marlins tonight as they look to extend their division lead. The Braves are scoring runs at a pace that only three teams in MLB are doing at a higher rate, and only the Dodgers have hit more HRs. No Braves […]
Michael Harris returns to lineup as red hot Braves offense looks to beat Marlins
It was a win-win for Michael Harris as he was on paternity leave to be with his family, and the Atlanta Braves were able to score a large number of runs while he was out. The Braves’ offense now averages 5.62 runs per game behind only three other teams after the massive 13-1 blowout yesterday. […]
Grant Holmes takes on Miami Marlins as Atlanta Braves look to stay hot
The Atlanta Braves take on the Miami Marlins this evening after riding the high of having yet another offensive explosive game. The Braves are now the only team in MLB left to have not lost a series yet. The Guardians were the other, and thanks to the Braves, that is no longer the case. It […]
Braves reinstate Michael Harris II, DFA Luke Williams
After missing the last two games of the series against Cleveland, Michael Harris II will return to the Braves a presumably proud papa. We’ll hope that in addition to getting enough sleep, something about the addition to the Braves family changes Harris’ luck. Harris is rocking a yummy-yum-yum .401 xwOBA, but a very sad .287 […]
Sean Murphy will now begin rehab assignment with High-A Rome Emperors
Last week, we got the news that Sean Murphy would be beginning his rehab assignment on Friday with the Gwinnett Stripers. That rehab stint ended up getting postponed for a while after Murphy had some family matters to attend to before he could focus on baseball. The good news is that things appear to have […]
The Week Ahead for Atlanta: The NL East gauntlet begins
In case you may have enjoyed seeing the Atlanta Braves take a sojourn into the American League by taking on four AL opponents across their first 16 games, I regret to inform you that the interleague tour is coming to an end. As a matter of fact, the next 13 games will not only be […]
Behind the Seams: Inside the Braves’ creative team’s design process for the new City Connect uniforms
The Atlanta Braves debuted their updated City Connect uniforms over the weekend, showcasing a familiar style that combines several classic design elements from the franchise’s rich history. Inspired largely by the 1980s era of Braves baseball, during which time the team’s games were beamed across the country via the wonders of owner Ted Turner’s […]
Atlanta Braves 2026 MLB Draft Mock Draft 1.0
The group over at Overslot Baseball has come out with an interesting and fun new tool ahead of the 2026 MLB Draft, giving us a mock draft simulator to play with, just like there is for the NFL and NBA drafts. I would recommend giving it a try for yourself if you have a few […]
Dylan Dodd optioned to Gwinnett, Rolddy Muñoz recalled
The NL East leading Atlanta Braves, with the joint second best record in baseball, have made a somewhat predictable roster move before the first game versus the Miami Marlins. The Braves have optioned Dylan Dodd to Triple-A Gwinnett this morning. They have replaced him with Rolddy Muñoz. Dylan spit hot fire last night, striking out […]
Braves Minor League Recap: Good pitching, better offense common theme throughout organization
(6-8) Nashville Sounds 1, (10-5) Gwinnett Stripers 5 Box Score This game will forever go down as the Jim Jarvis takeover game as the shortstop had quite the impact on the game. In his first at bat of the game he took a 93 MPH four-seam fastball and hit it 395’ at 107 MPH. He’s […]
What heuristic should the Braves use for ABS challenges?
This season couldn’t have started much better for the Braves, at least to date. They are the only team that hasn’t yet lost a series (they did split one, though), they have baseball’s second-best record (behind the Dodgers, tied with the Padres), they’re top ten in both position player and pitching fWAR, and they’re top […]
Braves vs. Guardians series recap: A powerful powder-blue beatdown
Well here we are, folks — our Atlanta Braves are 16 games deep into this season and they are in a pretty solid groove. They’ve dropped at least one game to every team that they’ve played this season but they’ve also taken two games off of every team that they’ve played so far. That was […]
Braves News: Matt Olson Makes More History, Splendid Sunday Series Win, More
Sundays have not been the most successful days in recent years for the Braves, but last night provided one of the more satisfying Sunday performances in recent memory. The Braves defeated the Guardians 13-1, thanks mainly to the bottom of the order and an awesome performance from Chris Sale. It also was the most impressive […]
Bottom of the order leads Braves to series-clinching rout of Guardians
The reports of the Braves’ offensive demise were greatly exaggerated. A night after the lineup was blanked for the first time since last July, the Braves awakened with a vengeance, running away with a 13-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians to win their third rubber match of the season. With the victory, Atlanta is the […]
Braves vs. Guardians Game Thread: April 12
The Braves, winners of their first two rubber matches of the regular season, will look to make it three in a row and stand alone as the last major league team to not lose a series this season when they host the Cleveland Guardians for Sunday Night Baseball. We could be in for quite a […]
Braves designate pitcher Martin Pérez for assignment and recall Dylan Dodd
News out of the Atlanta Braves clubhouse this afternoon is that starting pitcher Martin Pérez has been designated for assignment and left-handed reliever Dylan Dodd has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett. Pérez, who the team brought in as a minor league free agent, didn’t make the Opening Day roster but was brought-up to the big […]
Mauricio Dubon back in center for Braves-Guardians finale
With Michael Harris Jr. on the paternity list and Eli White day-to-day with plantar fasciitis, Mauricio Dubon will make his second straight start in center field for Sunday night’s finale of the Braves-Guardians series in Atlanta. Dubon will hit eighth in the lineup followed by Jorge Mateo, who will make his second straight start at […]
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