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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Smith-Shawver’s two starts and EJ Exposito’s hot streak

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images News, notes, and a preview of the upcoming week of Braves minor league baseball As part of our efforts to expand the minor league content we provide at Battery Power, my aim moving forward will be to fill the gap in minor league coverage that we have every Tuesday with sort of all-encompassing article covering the news of the past week ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Baumann, Braun shove, Exposito homers again

Garrett Baumann | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Lucas Braun and Garrett Baumann each had strong starts on Sunday, while EJ Exposito hit another home run for Rome. Sunday saw a clean sweep for the minor league teams in the Atlanta Braves organization, as all four teams in action posted wins. The biggest headlines of the day would be a pair of pitchers taken in the 2023 ...2024
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• Braves News: Pitching on the farm, short sweep of Boston, more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Many of Atlanta’s top prospects pitched on the farm, with mixed results, while Chris Sale took charge at the highest level and dominated his old team, helping to secure the two game sweep. Owen Murphy was one of those prospects and he continued his absolutely dominant level this season, striking out 8 batters over 5.0 innings of work. Hur...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith Shawver struggles while Riley Frey spins a gem

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images News and notes from Tuesday for the Braves’ farm system The Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates offense largely slept walked through yesterday scoring by three or fewer runs in three of their five games yesterday. It wasn’t all doom and gloom though as despite the struggles their pitching was strong enough for them to scratch out tw...2024
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy update, extra inning thriller in LA, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves have been without catcher Sean Murphy for a month, after he suffered an oblique strain on March 29. And although it was just a Grade 1 strain, the club has not provided a timetable for his return. Murphy resumed catching work nearly two weeks ago, but up until now, he had yet...2024
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• AJ Smith-Shawver, Hurston Waldrep tumble in updated Baseball America Top 100

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s been a rough start for Atlanta’s top two prospects, and BA reflected that in their May rankings update One month of minor league baseball is in the books, and the good folks over at Baseball America rolled out an updated look at their top 100 prospects. For the Atlanta Braves it was the same two names as preseason, but both of thei...2024
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• Braves News: Pitching on the farm, short sweep of Boston, 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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• Braves News: Dodgers on deck, Jimmy Herget acquisition, and more

Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. After a much needed Thursday off, the Atlanta Braves will continue play out West in the form of a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves are coming off a tough series in Seattle, where they dropped two of three games. The offense was quiet for the majority of the series, but n...2024
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• Braves Prospects Stock Watch: Owen Murphy turns in fabulous April

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy’s arrow is pointing up after he finishes April with 37 strikeouts in 24 innings The first month of minor league baseball is in the books, and for the first time this season we’re going to take a look at the movers in the Atlanta Braves system. One month is a relatively short period time in regards to development and it’s hard to make ...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta hosts Cleveland, David Fletcher outrighted to Gwinnett, and more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves wrap up the homestand with a three-game set against the Cleveland Guardians this weekend. The series will be a big test for the Braves, as the Guardians are one of the best teams in the league thus far. The Braves enter play with a 17-6 record and a 2.5 game advantage over the National League...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation questions, trade deadline, Ronald Acuña Jr and more

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images This week’s mailbag features questions on the Braves’ rotation, how they might handle the trade deadline, Ronald Acuña Jr and plenty more. A big thank you to everyone who sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. I couldn’t get to all of them, but we will do another one soon. Let’s get to it! Obviously, we have a long way to go until the t...2024
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• Braves badly need someone to step up in Spencer Strider’s absence

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports The Braves’ rotation is off to a rocky start in 2024. The Braves confirmed the dreaded news we were all anticipating on Saturday morning: Spencer Strider had undergone surgery in his right elbow to repair a damaged UCL. He will miss the remainder of the season, a blow that the Braves will have to overcome and maneuver over the next 150 games and (presumably)...2024
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• Braves News: Marlins on deck, Mets series loss, and more

Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The homestand has come to an end and the Atlanta Braves head down south for a three-game set against the Miami Marlins. The Braves enter play with a 7-4 record and are 3-2 on the road. The Marlins, however, are 2-11 and have yet to win a game at their home field. The series gets underway tonight at 7:10 ET with Max F...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Smith-Shawver’s two starts and EJ Exposito’s hot streak
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy update, extra inning thriller in LA, and more
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• Braves Mailbag: Offensive struggles, Marcell Ozuna extension, AJ Smith-Shawver and more
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• Braves News: Dodgers on deck, Jimmy Herget acquisition, and more
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy near perfect, strikes out 10

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Owen Murphy continues his tour of dominance through the South Atlantic League It was an exciting evening of Atlanta Braves minor league baseball, as the system took a sweep behind some marvelous pitching performances. None of those exceeded Owen Murphy, who has gotten better in every start this season and produced one of the most impressive ...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation questions, trade deadline, Ronald Acuña Jr and more
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia strikes out nine for Mississippi

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mejia allowed just one run over 6.1 innings. While there were a few noteworthy performances from Braves minor leaguers on Wednesday, it was overall a rough go of it for most of the squads down on the farm. With that, let’s dive into yesterday’s action. (9-8) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (7-10) Memphis Redbirds 1 Sandy Leon, DH: 1-1, HR, RBI, 2 BB...2024
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• Braves badly need someone to step up in Spencer Strider’s absence
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• Braves News: Marlins on deck, Mets series loss, and more
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• Braves News: Pitching on the farm, short sweep of Boston, more
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith Shawver struggles while Riley Frey spins a gem
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• AJ Smith-Shawver, Hurston Waldrep tumble in updated Baseball America Top 100
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• Braves Mailbag: Offensive struggles, Marcell Ozuna extension, AJ Smith-Shawver and more
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• Braves News: Atlanta loses no-hit bid in eighth, game in ninth, barrels breakdown, more

Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports Disappointing start to the West Coast road trip for the Braves. On Monday, the Braves did not get their first hit of the ninth inning until the 7th inning. The Mariners did not get their first hit until the eighth inning. Max Fried produced six no-hit innings, and Joe Jimenez used some magic to miraculously preserve a 1-0 Atlanta lead heading into the n...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy near perfect, strikes out 10
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• Braves Mailbag: Rotation questions, trade deadline, Ronald Acuña Jr and more
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• AJ Smith-Shawver leads Stripers Opening Day roster

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves top prospect returns to Triple-A Minor League Baseball season is here, and the Gwinnett Stripers will be opening their season along with the Braves on Friday. Gwinnett released their official opening day roster on Friday, featuring a number of names likely to make appearances at the big league level this season. Most notable ...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Playoff struggles, 2024 sleeper and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images This week’s mailbag includes questions about the Braves rotation, Max Fried’s next contract, and sleeper candidates. Thanks to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. We will be doing more of these throughout the regular season. Let’s get to it! The Braves’ offensive approach clearly works during the re...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith Shawver struggles while Riley Frey spins a gem
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver tosses five scoreless

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The young righty struck out five in his stellar performance. It was a jam-packed day down on the farm with games from the morning all the way into the night. So, let’s dive into it. (13-14) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (10-18) Durham Bulls 0 (Game 1) J.P. Martinez, LF: 2-3, 2B, 2 R David Fletcher, 2B: 2-3, RBI Yuli Gurriel, 1B: 2-3, RBI, R AJ...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta loses no-hit bid in eighth, game in ninth, barrels breakdown, more
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• Spencer Strider might be out for a long time and that sucks

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are still big-time favorites to make some noise this season but losing their top starter is truly horrible. Well, this sucks! We’re only one week into the season and the Atlanta Braves are already dealing with their first bit of serious adversity as Spencer Strider’s UCL in his throwing arm has been damaged. We still don’t know what the extent of th...2024
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• Spencer Strider’s MRI reveals damaged UCL, further evaluations pending

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A pretty devastating blow to the organization, and the Braves will have to find a way to soldier on During a pretty somber Saturday afternoon press conference, the Braves held fast to the premise that no news is good news, and the presence of news, well, sucks: Spencer Strider today underwent an MRI that revealed damage to the ul...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy dominates in Emperors opener

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy pitched into the seventh as Rome won their first ever game as the Emperors It was a glorious Friday for Atlanta Braves fans, as up at the big league level they won an exciting home opener. Then down at the minor league level the final three affiliates had their opening days, giving us our first full slate of baseball of 2024. There we...2024
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• Braves top 30 prospects assignment projections

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Where will your favorite prospect end up? The winter blues are thankfully drawing to a close, and minor league baseball is on the horizon. In ten days the Gwinnett Stripers will open their season, kicking off another season of Atlanta Braves minor league baseball. We should get official rosters sometime next week, but for now all I...2024
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• Four Braves prospect breakout candidates for the 2024 season

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here is a look at four prospects that you need to keep an eye on for the 2024 season. The Atlanta Braves farm system witnessed one of the biggest prospect breakouts in the game last season. The clubs 2021 7th round pick, AJ Smith-Shawver, closed the 2022 season as the organizations 17th biggest prospect on MLBPipeline. But a 2.76 ERA across...2024
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• Braves News: AJ Smith-Shawver, Rotation Preview, More

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Another Week of Spring Training begins. When it comes to Spring Training, process is truly valued over results, which is why the games do not count. And so even when it come to the Braves pitching staff having uncharacteristic struggles on the mound this Spring, their still are impressive moments to note. For instance, AJ Smith-Shawver had a somewhat ...2024
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• Michael Harris II hits moonshot as Braves tie with Phillies

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It might be February but Money Mike appears to be ready for April, already. Michael Harris II continued his hot start in the Grapefruit League, as his second home run of spring training helped contribute to seven runs on the day for the Atlanta Braves in their first spring training tilt against the Philadelphia Phillies this season. ...2024
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• Braves’ offense slugs four homers to complete sweep of Milwaukee
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Olson, Ozuna, and Riley use the long ball to lift Atlanta over the Brewers The Atlanta Braves clinched their first series sweep since the All-Star break with an 8-6, come-from-behind win against the Milwaukee Brewers. AJ Smith-Shawver got the start and found himself in some early trouble in the first. Christian Yelich walked to start the game and then advance ...2023
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• Eddie Rosario slams Diamondbacks as Braves take series
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Late game heroics along with A.J. Smith-Shawver debut gets Atlanta the series win Late game heroics from Eddie Rosario helped seal the series win for Atlanta as they took down the Diamondbacks 8-5. Ozzie Albies got things going in the top of the second with a line drive single. Albies followed his hit with excellent baserunning as he would steal second and ...2023
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• Kyle Wright debuts, Vaughn Grissom collects three hits as Braves beat Rays
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Wright allowed four runs over 2 2/3 innings in his first action of the spring. Vaughn Grissom had three hits while Matt Olson homered again to help the Atlanta Braves grab a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Kyle Wright made his spring debut and retired Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco before allowing a solo home run to Brandon Lowe on a 3-0 pitch. He then a...2023
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• Braves 6, Cubs 5: Jameson Taillon has an outstanding outing, but it’s not enough

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Once again, the Cubs’ bullpen failed. ATLANTA — The summary of the Cubs’ September in one tweet: The Cubs have now lost 5 games this month after holding a lead in the 8th inning or later.That's tied for their most such losses in any single month over the last 50 seasons (June 1991 & September 1992).— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 28, 2023...2023
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• Braves News: Shortstop turbulence, wild win, more
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The shortstop spot continues to be an issue for the Braves with Orlando Arcia out hurt, even as they have been one of the best teams in the league this season. Vaughn Grissom has been downright awful defensively since being called up and has been quite bad offensively as well. Braden Shewmake has a much better ...2023
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• Matt Olson breaks single-season franchise record in RBIs as Braves sweep Cubs, 5-3

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Olson continued to rewrite the Braves record books as his 54th home run of the season helped push Atlanta to a series sweep over the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves continued to look strong heading into the Postseason with another solid performance tonight. This time, the offense kept on producing and the pitching staff performed well as a collective as the Bra...2023
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• Braves recall Allan Winans, AJ Smith-Shawver

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Atlanta shuttled out two more pitchers. As expected, the Atlanta Braves announced Sunday morning that they have recalled right-hander Allan Winans from Gwinnett. He will start Sunday’s series finale against the Pirates. The team also recalled righty AJ Smith-Shawver to the active roster. Dylan Dodd and Darius Vines were optioned to Gwinnett after Saturday’...2023
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• Braves top prospect AJ Smith-Shawver promoted to Triple-A
Credit: Mills Fitzner Smith-Shawver continues a rapid ascent through the system after just two Double-A appearances. Just two weeks ago we saw Atlanta Braves prospect AJ Smith-Shawver get promoted to Double-A Mississippi. It was an aggressive move that made him one of the youngest players in the league, but it apparently wasn’t enough. Two games, totaling seven innings, was all it took for...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 12, 2024
Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Braves News: Atlanta loses no-hit bid in eighth, game in ninth, barrels breakdown, more
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• Braves News: Atlanta hosts Cleveland, David Fletcher outrighted to Gwinnett, and more
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• Braves farm system ranks 26th in Keith Law’s updated rankings

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Athletic’s Keith Law released his updated farm system rankings for the 2024 season Friday and the Atlanta Braves are in the lower third coming in at No. 26. It isn’t that surprising given that the Braves had just one prospect on Law’s Top 100 list in 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Atlanta has traded everyone, almost. There’s ...2024
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• Braves have two prospects eligible for prospect promotion incentive

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves have two chances to claim extra draft capital if either AJ Smith-Shawver or Hurston Waldrep were to win the 2024 Rookie of the Year Award. Looking at the big picture, that seems unlikely given that neither have a clear path to a meaty enough role in the majors at this juncture, but as they say, there is a chance. This ...2024
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• Hurston Waldrep, Ignacio Alvarez among Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 prospects

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep makes a huge leap into the Top 30 of Baseball Prospectus’ annual Top 101. Prospect list season officially began Tuesday with the release of Baseball Prospectus’ annual top 101 list. The Atlanta Braves were shutout in last year’s offering, but had two prospects make the cut this time around. 2023 first round pick Hurston Waldrep debuted...2024
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the Division Series

Jason Heyward reacts after hitting a single against the Giants. | John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports Who are you cheering for as playoff baseball continues? Four Wild Card Series and four sweeps later the bracket is set for four best of five Division Series. One division winner, the Milwaukee Brewers, has already been eliminated, the other five remain. These series have everything, including lots...2023
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• Braves Mailbag: Roster decisions, Michael Soroka, playoff rotation and more

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images This week’s mailbag is full of questions about the rotation and some of the bullpen decisions that the Braves are going to have to make. A huge thank you to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. I couldn’t get to all of them, but we are going to try do these more frequently over the final month of the regular season...2023
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