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• Braves News: Injury updates, Pierce Johnson’s return, more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves were rained out again Saturday, but we did get a bag of news on various injuries around the roster. Pierce Johnson returned from the IL, which was expected but still nice to see after the initial diagnosis of “elbow inflammation” sounded potentially much more ominous than a short IL stint. Elsewhere, T...2024
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• Braves activate RHP Johnson (elbow) from IL

The Atlanta Braves activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list Saturday and sent fellow right-hander Jackson Stephens to Triple-A Gwinnett....2024
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• Braves reinstate Pierce Johnson from injured list, outright Jackson Stephens to Gwinnett

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves get a key part of their bullpen back with the return of Pierce Johnson. The Atlanta Braves announced that they have reinstated reliever Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list. Johnson was placed on the IL retroactively to May 1 with elbow inflammation. Jackson Stephens was outrighted to Gwinnett to make room on the active roster. ...2024
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• Braves Reinstate Pierce Johnson, Outright Jackson Stephens
The Braves announced that right-hander Pierce Johnson has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list. Now recovered from some elbow inflammation, Johnson will take the roster spot of Jackson Stephens, who has been outrighted to Triple-A Gwinnett. Johnson’s initial IL placement was backdated to May 1, so the reliever will end up missing only slightly…...2024
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud experienced what could have turned into a scary injury during Friday’s contest with the San Diego Padres. In the fifth inning, d’Arnaud took a foul ball off his face mask which led to his early exit. Braves announced d'Arnaud exited because of dizzine...2024
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• Max Fried starts as Braves begin series against Padres

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Max Fried looks to continue his recent dominance Friday when the Braves begin a four-game series against the Padres The Atlanta Braves will begin a four-game home series Friday night against the San Diego Padres. The Braves are coming off of a series win against the Chicago Cubs as Atlanta to start their homestand. Max Fried will get the...2024
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• Braves News: Injury updates, Pierce Johnson’s return, more
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• Braves activate RHP Johnson (elbow) from IL
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• Braves reinstate Pierce Johnson from injured list, outright Jackson Stephens to Gwinnett
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more
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• Max Fried starts as Braves begin series against Padres
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• Braves set to continue homestand against Padres

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Braves will begin a long stretch of games with a four-game series against the Padres The Atlanta Braves will continue their homestand Friday with a four-game series against the San Diego Padres. Friday’s game will begin a stretch of 17 straight games without an off day for the Braves. Atlanta began the homestand with a series win over the Chicago Cu...2024
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• Let’s talk about how good Alex Anthopoulos’ off-season was

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports The Braves President of Baseball Ops had an incredible winter. Over the winter, the Braves’ front office and President of Baseball Ops Alex Anthopoulos added six notable pitchers to the roster via free agent signing or through trades and to this point, those six guys have given the Braves incredible production over the first 6 weeks of the 2024 season. The s...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves’ series win over the Cubs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves continued their home dominance by taking two of three from the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves couldn’t finish off a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs, but did come away with another series win. The Braves will enjoy another off day on Thursday before beginning a long stretch of games (17 in a row) without a break. Despite the...2024
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• Sean Murphy will begin a rehab assignment next week

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images More good news on the injury front. There is some good news on the injury front for the Atlanta Braves as a couple of key players are nearing returns. Barring any setbacks, catcher Sean Murphy will begin a rehab assignment next week per MLB.com’s Mark Bowman. Acuña is just getting a day off. Murphy will begin a rehab assignment ne...2024
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• Purple Row’s favorite articles of 2023

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Starting 2024 by looking back The New Year is a tried and true opportunity to remember and reflect on the previous year. Yesterday, we remembered the most-read articles of the 2023 calendar year. Today, we take the opportunity to reflect on the articles that brought us the most pride and satisfaction. This annual tradition of having our writers highlig...2024
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"com/rTShPRR3vl— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 6, 2024 Pierce Johnson got the ball for the 10th inning and struck out the leadoff hitter in Suarez."

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"com/1o7NLYjikV— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 8, 2023 Pierce Johnson replaced Fried in the seventh and continued his good work with two strikeouts in a perfect seventh."

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"San Diego Padres Yu Darvish, Pierce Johnson Darvish, you know well, and he’s put together another fine year in San Diego."

2021
"The Padres have announced that they exercised their club options over right-handed relievers Pierce Johnson and Craig Stammen for the 2022 season."

2020
"Major League Signings Drew Pomeranz, LHP: four years, $34MM Craig Stammen, RHP: two years, $9MM (includes $1MM buyout of $4MM club option for 2022) Pierce Johnson, RHP: two years, $5MM (includes $1MM buyout of $3MM club option for 2022) Total spend:…"

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"The Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with right-hander Pierce Johnson, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports (via Twitter)."

2018
"And the bullpen did the rest, as Pierce Johnson, Will Smith, Sam Dyson, Tony Watson and Hunter Strickland contributed a scoreless inning apiece to propel the Giants past the Reds, 5-3."

2017
"The Cubs announced on Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Pierce Johnson for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for fellow righty Jen-Ho Tseng, whose contract has been selected from Triple-A Iowa."

2016
"Pierce Johnson could have been accused of stalking Jake Arrieta or Jon Lester last spring."

2015
"Pierce Johnson didn't start the Arizona Fall League with the prettiest numbers, but the Cubs prospect twirled a pair of gems in his final two outings."

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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more
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• Braves set to continue homestand against Padres
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• Let’s talk about how good Alex Anthopoulos’ off-season was
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• Sean Murphy will begin a rehab assignment next week
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• Pierce Johnson resumes throwing, Tyler Matzek shut down

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Injury updates for two of the Braves’ injured relievers Inured Atlanta Braves reliever Pierce Johnson was scheduled to throw off a mound Friday per a report by Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Johnson was placed on the 15-day injured list during the last road trip due to elbow inflammation. Pierce Johnson is doing w...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 10

Happy Birthday, Pierce Johnson | Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Pierce Johnson’s birthday, unusual plays, and more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narra...2024
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• Braves return home to face Red Sox after brutal road trip

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Atlanta returns to Truist Park for a brief two-game series against the Boston Red Sox. The Atlanta Braves will return to Truist Park Tuesday and will be looking to rebound after a 1-5 road trip that did all sorts of damage to their spot in the standings and team stats. Atlanta enters Tuesday with a 20-12 record and are 2.5 games back of the Philadelphi...2024
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• Braves News: Pierce Johnson to the IL, blow out loss, more

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves lost as their pitching, primarily Bryce Elder got shelled on Saturday night. Elder continues to struggle to miss bats, issue far too many walks, and allow far too many home runs for his profile as a pitcher, so it remains a question of how viable he is at the major league level. That being said, even with a...2024
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• Pierce Johnson hits the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Braves lose a key reliever to scary injury. The Atlanta Braves got some unfortunate news Saturday afternoon with one of their best relievers, Pierce Johnson, hitting injured list: The #Braves today selected RHP Jackson Stephens to Atlanta and placed RHP Pierce Johnson on the 15-day injured list, backdated to May 1, with right elbow infl...2024
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• Braves set to continue homestand against Padres
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• Braves News: Atlanta Loses To Mets in Walk-Off Fashion, Austin Riley Injury, more

John Jones-USA TODAY Sports After a good week of bounce back production. Sunday proved to be less than ideal for Atlanta. Overall, this was a nice bounce back week for the Braves after an abysmal trip out West the week before. However, Sunday was not that fun for Atlanta. Not only did the Braves lose to the Mets thanks to a walk-off home run by Brandon Nimmo, they also are awaiting more i...2024
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• Braves return home to face Red Sox after brutal road trip
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• Braves News: Atlanta Suffers Sweep in Los Angeles, Ronald Acuna Jr. Finding Form, more

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports One of the toughest road trips for the Braves in quite a while. On one hand, the Braves do not fair well when visiting Seattle or Dodger Stadium. On the road, they are 2-6 against the Mariners and 6-21 against the Dodgers since 2014. However, this version of the Braves is better than most in franchise history, at least on paper. The simple truth that was vali...2024
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• Braves News: Pierce Johnson to the IL, blow out loss, more
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• Braves Mailbag: Offensive struggles, Marcell Ozuna extension, AJ Smith-Shawver and more

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images This week’s mailbag discusses Atlanta’s recent offensive struggles, a Marcell Ozuna extension, AJ Smith-Shawver and much more A big thank you to everyone who took time to send in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. If I didn’t get to yours, we will do this again soon. Let’s get to it! I realize hitters have slumps, but aren’t those of Ronal...2024
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• Sale shuts down Guardians in 6-2 win

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Chris Sale retired 17 consecutive Cleveland batters and Ozzie Albies had two hits in his return from the IL on Friday night. In a Friday night matchup of the teams with the two best records in baseball, Chris Sale continued the masterful series of outings by Atlanta starters this homestand, tossing 7.0 innings of two-hit, one-run base...2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves hit three homers, Chris Sale was good, and the bullpen gave no quarter once again After two bonkers comeback wins to take the series on Friday and Saturday, the Braves, perhaps unexpectedly, engaged in a perfectly normal baseball contest in which they also emerged victorious by a 5-2 score. They did normal things like hitting some homers, playi...2024
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy’s diagnosis, Searching for the sweep, more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Sean Murphy got some good news regarding his injury status, as the Braves dominated the Phillies without him, despite Max Fried’s struggles. Fried should have escaped the first inning on a pitch that was clearly a strike and would have struck out the third out of the inning, but instead it became arguably the wo...2024
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• Braves News: Pierce Johnson, Tyler Matzek update, home run derby in New York, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves’ bullpen has had some bad luck on the injury front as of late. However, manager Brian Snitker provided a promising update on one of the club’s injured relievers. Pierce Johnson was placed on the 15-day injured list on May 4 with elbow inflammation. On Friday, though, the 33-ye...2024
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• Battery Power TV: Knocked out of first place, Atlanta Braves aiming to get going in the month of May

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves are headed to New York for another matchup with the Mets. The Atlanta Braves are in need of an offensive spark as they seek to keep the momentum of a brief two-game stay at Truist Park going and get their season back on track. A rough road trip knocked Atlanta out of first place and has the club in the unusual position of chas...2024
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• Sale shuts down Guardians in 6-2 win
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• Sunday feature: Victor Vodnik controls the moment, opposing hitters from Rockies bullpen

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The righty has started strong in 2024. Victor Vodnik, a second-year reliever for the Colorado Rockies, has quickly learned how to control the moment. With that approach, the right-hander has started the 2024 season by hurling 12.1 scoreless innings—the longest active scoreless streak among MLB relievers and third longest active streak in the Majors—enteri...2024
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• Recap: Vines’ solid start and late burst from the offense pushes Braves past Astros 6-1.

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Braves went into Houston with a rookie starter and took the first game of their 3-game series. Darius Vines made a good impression with his first start of 2024, while the offense showed up late and the bullpen held things down in the Braves 6-2 win over Houston. The Braves are still trying to get their rotation reset after losing Spencer Strider to season-endin...2024
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• Braves drop 8-7 slugfest to Mets

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta's offense had their chances to score even more runs but were unable to capitalize as New York powered their way to a win. The offense for the Atlanta Braves came to play once again but this time, they were unable to outslug their opponents. Two home runs and five RBIs from Brandon Nimmo were enough to help push the New York Mets to an...2024
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• Braves secure sweep via very normal baseball victory, 5-2
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• The Braves are still very good and it's totally fine to get excited about it

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Do I remember how the past two seasons ended? Yep! Is that stopping me from getting hyped? Nope! Folks, we’re here once again. It’s Opening Day (for real, this time) and I’m glad to report that on a personal level, both time and wisdom have yet to jade me when it comes to the optimism of baseball season getting underway. I felt the sa...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Three Rockies set to hit free agency after 2024 (and who’s behind them)

Photo by Rachel O’Driscoll/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 19, 2024 Spring Training is officially underway as the Colorado Rockies have reported to camp at Salt River Field in Arizona and we are less than a week away from the first game action – February 23, against the Arizona Diamondbacks. We’re finally in a position to start seeing how...2024
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves homered five times to snap a three-game skid. The Atlanta Braves flexed their muscles Thursday night snapping a three-game skid with an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves didn’t waste any time getting going Thursday as Ronald Acuña Jr. jumped on the first pitch he saw from Adam Wainwright and drove it over the wall in center for...2023
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• Eddie Rosario comes up clutch for Braves in 6-5 win over Giants

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Rosario turned in a 4-for-4 night along with a late game homer to seal a series win Eddie Rosario’s two-run home run in the eighth inning was the difference for the Atlanta Braves in a 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants. Yonny Chirinos’ night got off to a rough start as Lamonte Wade Jr. jumped on the first pitch of the game for a leadoff home run to giv...2023
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• Max Fried dominates as Braves beat Dodgers, 6-3

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Fried went seven innings and the bullpen held on late for Atlanta’s second straight win in L.A. Max Fried was brilliant, the offense continued its torrid home run pace, and the Braves beat the Dodgers for the second night in a row, 6-3, in front of a packed house at Chavez Ravine. For a mild change of pace, Fried and catcher Travis d’Arnaud went back t...2023
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• Morton rolls again, Braves top Rockies 3-1

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Braves clogged the bases and got little to show for it, but three runs were plenty to beat the Rockies on Tuesday night Last night, the Braves managed 18 hits and five walks, and pooled those into a 14-4 win. Tonight, the offense got 15 hits and threw in a walk for good measure... but ended up plating just three runs. Not that the end result was any...2023
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• Matt Olson reaches 50 homers on the season but Braves lose 7-5 to Phillies

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Andruw Jones now has company in the Braves single-season 50 homer club, as Matt Olson homered twice to reach the milestone number. Matt Olson got two steps closer to breaking Andruw Jones’ franchise record for homers in a single season after he smacked both his 49th and 50th home runs of the season in tonight's game. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to help ...2023
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• Braves rally late to beat Cubs 7-6

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta overcame a 6-0 deficit to stun the Cubs 7-6. The Atlanta Braves overcame a 6-0 deficit to stun the Chicago Cubs with a 7-6 win Tuesday night at Truist Park. Bryce Elder breezed through the first inning, retiring the side in order. He found himself in some trouble in the second as Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki reached on back-to-back singles. E...2023
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• Braves bash their way past Angels, 12-5
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta homered three more times on their way to a series win. The offense put together another big day as the Atlanta Braves knocked off the Los Angeles Angels 12-5 Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park. Yonny Chirinos made his second start for the Braves and got off to a great start, facing one over the minimum over the first three i...2023
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• Braves sign Joe Jimenez to 3-year, $26 million deal

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta is bringing back another big piece of their bullpen in Joe Jimenez Free agents haven't even filed yet, but the Atlanta Braves have been busy bringing back a couple of pieces of their bullpen. First it was Pierce Johnson on a two-year deal. This morning, it is Joe Jimenez who is returning on a three-year deal with $26 million. ...2023
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• Braves News: Injury updates, Pierce Johnson’s return, more
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more
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• Max Fried starts as Braves begin series against Padres
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• Braves News: Atlanta Loses To Mets in Walk-Off Fashion, Austin Riley Injury, more
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• Braves News: Pierce Johnson, Tyler Matzek update, home run derby in New York, and more
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• Pierce Johnson resumes throwing, Tyler Matzek shut down
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• Battery Power TV: Knocked out of first place, Atlanta Braves aiming to get going in the month of May
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• Braves News: Travis d’Arnaud suffers head contusion, offense remains quiet, and more
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• Sizing up the NL East heading into 2024

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves have won six straight NL East titles and still look like the cream of the division’s crop The Atlanta Braves have done most of their heavy lifting this offseason, but there are still some key players available and moves left to be made around Major League Baseball as the calendar plunges into January. The Braves themselves have...2024
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• Braves squander Strider’s 10-strikeout performance in 5-3 loss to Red Sox
Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images It was going well for the Braves until it wasn’t on Wednesday. For as chaotic as the series’ first game was on Tuesday, Wednesday’s matchup between the Braves and Red Sox started every bit as quiet, with Spencer Strider and Red Sox starter Brayan Bello—in his return from the paternity list, congratulations to him—each tossing five scoreless frames befo...2023
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• MLB hot stove rumors: Marlins add veteran catcher; Padres take chance on Pierce Johnson
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