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• Braves seek another win in Toronto behind Spencer Schwellenbach

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Can the Braves win two in a row for the first time all year? The Braves are riding high after an enjoyable 8-4 win against the Blue Jays behind a stellar performance from Grant Holmes and a couple of homers from Austin Riley and Sean Murphy. On Tuesday, the club will attempt to win back-to-back games for the first time all season with Spencer Schwellenbach on the ...2025
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• Survey: How long will Brian Snitker remain the Braves’ skipper?

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The man’s own statements and the Braves’ slogging through roughly the last calendar year raises some questions. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Atlanta Braves fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surve...2025
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley

Austin Riley had himself a night | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The Atlanta Braves had arguably their most complete game of the season against the Blue Jays The struggling Atlanta Braves went north of the border to take on the AL East leading Toronto Blue in a matchup that did not look too promising. Marcell Ozuna was out due to hip inflammation and the Braves trotted out a lineup that look...2025
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• Updates on Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña, Jr., Craig Kimbrel

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images A bevy of former All-Stars could begin joining the Atlanta’s big league team starting next week Prior to tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Atlanta Braves provided updates on a handful of players whose impact on the big league team could start as soon as next week. Braves manager Brian Snitker provided updates to reporters that injured...2025
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• Ozzie Albies leads off for Braves against lefty

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Michael Harris drops to 8th in the lineup as the Braves stack their righties up top. The Braves have a chance to win their first series of the season on Thursday night against the division rival Phillies. For just the second time this year, Atlanta will see a left-handed starting pitcher as Jesus Luzardo is set to take the mound. To combat the lefty, Brian Snitker ...2025
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• Braves seek series victory against Phillies

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Spencer Schwellenbach takes the mound. After yet another crushing loss on Wednesday night — what else is new? — the Atlanta Braves will look to win their first series of the season against the division rival Phillies on Thursday night. The pitching matchup in the finale should be a dandy. Spencer Schwellenbach will make his third start of the season and has been su...2025
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• Updates on Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña, Jr., Craig Kimbrel
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• Ozzie Albies leads off for Braves against lefty
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• Reynaldo López injury update

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The pitcher underwent a procedure today on his right shoulder. Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Reynaldo López will miss most of this season due to a clean-up procedure on his right shoulder he had today in Los Angeles. The good news is that there was no structural damage, based on an update given by Braves manager Brian Snitker to reporters prior to to...2025
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• Reynaldo López To Be Shut Down For 12 Weeks
Braves right-hander Reynaldo López underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder today. The club had previously said they wouldn’t know his timeline until the procedure was complete. David O’Brien of The Athletic reports today that manager Brian Snitker described it as a “clean up” procedure. The righty will be shut down from throwing for 12…...2025
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• The Opener: Lopez, MRIs, MLBTR Chat
Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye out for today: 1. Lopez going under the knife: Last week, Braves manager Brian Snitker told reporters (including Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) that right-hander Reynaldo Lopez’s arthroscopic shoulder surgery is scheduled for today. As noted by David O’Brien of The Athletic, the…...2025
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• Braves News: Offensive struggles continue, Snitker praises the fans, more

Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday The Braves lost another one and while the offense wasn’t exactly lifeless, it certainly wasn’t good enough to win an immensely winnable game against the Marlins. Braves News We got some positive updates on both Spencer Strider and Sean Murphy. They are both set to return soon and the team really see...2025
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• Spencer Strider, Sean Murphy injury updates

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Both Braves are close to returning. Prior to tonight’s game, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Sniker provided updates to reporters on the timetable for the return of injured starting pitcher Spencer Strider and catcher Sean Murphy. Strider, who missed most of last season after having a brace procedure on his elbow, threw 75 pitches for Gwinnett last night, st...2025
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• López to have surgery; Braves waiting for results
Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez will have shoulder shoulder and will miss at least two months. "We won't know anything until that procedure," manager Brian Snitker said....2025
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• The Road Trip from Hell comes to a close

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images An absolutely calamitous road trip out West finally comes to a close for the Braves, as they find themselves in a massive hole to start the season. A week ago today, the Atlanta Braves began the 2025 season full of hope and optimism. 7 days and 7 games later, the Atlanta Braves still have yet to win a game and are off to one of the worst starts in fran...2025
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• Braves lose heartbreaker to Dodgers on Ohtani walk off

Sad day for Braves | Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images The offense scored five runs, but failed in some very key moments. The Atlanta Braves faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series finale in a matchup that looked lopsided in the Dodgers’ favor. Two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell was on the bump for the Dodgers against injury replacement call-up Bryce Elder who has struggled since June of ...2025
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: From E-Mail to Starbucks, You're Fired!
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"” Anthopoulos also noted that he’s already been in contact with Brian Snitker and tried to pick his brain a bit when it came to how he figures the manager will deploy his new outfielder."

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"That would be it for him as Brian Snitker would summon Pierce Johnson from the bullpen."

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"Atlanta designated hitter Marcell Ozuna was removed from Sunday's 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for not hustling after hitting a drive to deep center field in the fourth inning, Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed."

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"Brian Snitker has warning for Braves as Mets build NL East lead"

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"Atlanta manager Brian Snitker didn't make the controversial move because of math -- he went with his gut."

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"The Atlanta Braves on Monday announced the promotion of general manager Alex Anthopoulos and a contract extension for manager Brian Snitker."

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"Let’s have a look: Key righty Mike Foltynewicz was scratched from his next scheduled start due to elbow soreness, skipper Brian Snitker told reporters including MLB."

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"It seems whenever Braves manager Brian Snitker has been asked about Ronald Acuna, he has hearkened back to around this time last year, when he was telling the team's player development staff that it better not have the teenage outfielder serve as a roster addition for Grapefruit League games if it didn't truly want him to play."

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"So, with his club struggling to muster any offense in the top of the sixth, Atlanta skipper Brian Snitker asked that Lamet be checked for a foreign substance."

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"He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker."

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"Brian Snitker will spend his 40th season with the Braves organization, continuing his role as Triple-A Gwinnett's manager."

• Updates on Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña, Jr., Craig Kimbrel
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• Reynaldo López injury update
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• The Road Trip from Hell comes to a close
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The Yankees new bat is causing a stir. There are two new stadiums this year. Willson Contreras eats tape. We remember whom we’ve lost and other news from baseball. I don’t know whether I’m paying tribute to David Farragut or Tom Petty. The Yankees hit nine home runs against the Brewers on Saturday and many were quick to credit/blame New York’s new “torpedo...2025
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• Braves News: Braves Swept in Season Opening Series, Brian Snitker on his Future, More

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Not an ideal start to the season for Atlanta. Every team is going to have a bad week or two during a 162-game season. And for the Braves, starting a season 0-4 is something they have done as recently as 2021. Furthermore, if you are going to snuggle, best to get it out of the way at the start of the season. There are clearly concerns at the moment fo...2025
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• Brian Snitker Non-Committal About Managing Beyond 2025 Season
Brian Snitker is entering his tenth season as the Braves’ manager, and his 49th season overall as a member of Atlanta’s organization. The skipper also turns 70 years old in October, and his most recent contract extension with the Braves (signed back in January 2023) was just a one-year pact that covered the 2025 campaign.…...2025
• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Saturday night’s 1-0 loss was another example of just how strange and unusual things tend to get when the Braves are in California and also when Aaron Bummer is on the mound. Last night, the Atlanta Braves fell to 0-3 to start the season after dropping another close and incredibly frustrating game in Petco Park against the San Diego Padres. By this po...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Bullpen

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen has been a source of strength and stability over the past couple of years, but there’s more uncertainty for their relief corps in 2025. In the past two years combined, Atlanta Braves relievers rank in the top five in ERA (fifth), FIP (second), K% (first), and BB% (third). It’s been undeniably one of the top bullpens in baseball ever...2025
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• State of the Position, 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Bud Black will be back for his 9th season as the Colorado manager Despite six-straight losing seasons, including a pair of 100-plus loss seasons, the Rockies are sticking with their coaching staff, but just in a smaller form in 2025. For the third-straight season, the Rockies coaching staff looks much like it did the year before. While manager Bud Black, bench co...2025
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• Ian Anderson throws another three scoreless innings in low-scoring spring action

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It took a while but he got there! Pitching was the theme of the evening at CoolToday Park, as the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins spent most of this exhibition trading scoreless innings with each other. Ian Anderson in particular was responsible for 3.1 of those scoreless innings. This was basically the quintessential Ian Anderson experience when thi...2025
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• Survey: How long will Brian Snitker remain the Braves’ skipper?
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley
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• Braves report Rafael Montero to Atlanta; send down Zach Thompson

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Braves have officially brought their new reliever into the fold. Last night during their 7-5 win over the Phillies, the Atlanta Braves added to their rotation by taking Rafael Montero off the hands of the Astros. The next question after the trade was when would we see Montero eventually show up in a Braves uniform. The answer to that question i...2025
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• Snitker: “The fans made us feel like we were 7-0”

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Brian Snitker made sure to give the fans a shoutout for giving them a heroes’ welcome back to Cobb County, even before the words “Play Ball” were yelled out. Last night was almost a cathartic night for the Atlanta Braves, as they took out seven games of frustration and anguish on the Miami Marlins. The Braves left the ballpark victorious for the first time th...2025
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• López to have surgery; Braves waiting for results
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López requires surgery, another loss in LA, and more

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves skipper Brian Snitker announced Tuesday that starting pitcher Reynaldo López would undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder next week. Reynaldo López’s right shoulder will get scoped out next week, Brian Snitker said. Braves won’t know the extent of the damage — or if there is any besides infla...2025
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• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves
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• Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs game thread

Schwellenbach makes his final spring start | Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Spencer Schwellenbach makes his final spring start The Atlanta Braves are taking on the Chicago Cubs at Sloan Park in Arizona as spring training is winding down. Spencer Schwellenbach will make his final start of the spring. Schwellenbach has dominated in his spring appearances thus far. After 18.2 innings he has twent...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves positional season preview: Bullpen
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• State of the Position, 2025: Manager and Coaching Staff
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley
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• Braves lose heartbreaker to Dodgers on Ohtani walk off
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• Outside The Confines: Damn the torpedoes
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• Braves News: Braves Swept in Season Opening Series, Brian Snitker on his Future, More
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• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves
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• Daysbel Hernández and the Braves bullpen

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images An overview of the Braves current bullpen options and why Daysbel Hernández could become Snitker’s best right-handed option to set up closer Raisel Iglesias. The Atlanta Braves bullpen situation heading into 2025 could be described with many different words, but after losing a couple of key veterans, “volatile” might be the most fitting a...2025
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• Alex Anthopoulos talks Chris Sale, Orlando Arcia, and more

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images There was plenty to talk about after the season ended and AA certainly did his fair share of talking at this presser. Today was the end-of-season press conference involving Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations/General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and Brian Snitker. We’ll be bringing you some of the most relevant portions of the press conference h...2024
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• Luke Williams comes in clutch, Chris Sale dominates as Braves sweep Twins

Jorge Soler hit another HR in the finale against the Twins | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Luke Williams had two doubles and two RBI, and Chris Sale limited the Twins to one run. The Atlanta Braves took on the Twins in the final game of the series looking for a sweep. They were back by Cy Young front runner Chris Sale and an offense that has scored eighteen runs in the past two games....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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• 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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• Sources: Gonzalez dismissed as manager of Braves
The Braves informed Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday morning that he had been relieved of his managerial duties, according to sources. He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker. The Braves have not yet announced the moves....2016
• Sources: Gonzalez dismissed as manager of Braves
The Braves informed Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday morning that he had been relieved of his managerial duties, according to sources. He has been replaced by Triple-A skipper Brian Snitker. The Braves have not yet announced the moves....2016
• Ozuna removed for not hustling in Braves' victory

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• Braves Fire Fredi Gonzalez; Brian Snitker Named Interim Manager
10:25am: Atlanta has named Brian Snitker as an interim skipper, per MLB.com’s Mark Bowman (via Twitter). Long the Braves’ third base coach, Snitker has been managing the club’s top affiliate, Triple-A Gwinnett. 10:15am: The Braves have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link). He becomes the first skipper to...2016
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• Braves reach 100 wins with 8-5 victory over Nationals

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Atlanta has won 100 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002 and 2003. A four-run fourth inning helped propel the Atlanta Braves to their 100th win of the season with an 8-5 victory over the Washington Nationals. Spencer Strider allowed a leadoff double to CJ Abrams, but then retired the next six hitters in a row to get through the...2023
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• Braves can't get it done vs. Padres rookie
How filthy was Dinelson Lamet during the Padres' 6-0 victory on Thursday night? Well, the Braves couldn't quite believe it for themselves. So, with his club struggling to muster any offense in the top of the sixth, Atlanta skipper Brian Snitker asked that Lamet be checked for a foreign substance....2017
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• Austin Riley, Travis d’Arnaud lead Braves past Phillies
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta scored Austin Riley homered twice and Travis d’Arnaud came through with a big hit late to help the Atlanta Braves outlast the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. The Braves’ offense got started quickly against Aaron Nola in the first. Matt Olson singled and then came all the way around when Austin Riley lined a 459 foot home run to l...2023
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• Braves activate Kyle Wright from injured list, option Dylan Dodd to Gwinnett
Photo by Matthew Grimes/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Wright will make his first start of the season Tuesday night against the Reds. As expected, the Atlanta Braves have activated Kyle Wright from the 15-day injured list and he will start Tuesday night’s matchup against the Cincinnati Reds. To make room on the active roster, Atlanta The #Braves today returned RHP Kyle Wright from his reh...2023
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• Top 100 Hitters: Limping In
There comes a time in every season, when it feels like players and dropping left and right. Maybe it is the heat or maybe it is a speech from Brian Snitker but is does feel like a shift is taking place with injuries across the board. Just this week, we lost the likes of Anthony Rendon, Ozzie Albies while Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mitch Haniger appear to have delays in their rehab. It sounds like t...2022
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• Braves seek another win in Toronto behind Spencer Schwellenbach
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley
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• Updates on Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña, Jr., Craig Kimbrel
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• Ozzie Albies leads off for Braves against lefty
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• Braves seek series victory against Phillies
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• Sean Murphy moves up in the order vs. Phillies

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Sean Murphy made a triumphant return to the field last night and now he’s getting a chance for some more ABs tonight. The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies are set to do baseball battle in the middle game of this three-game series in Cobb County and fortunately, the Braves are currently in a position where they’ve got a shot at picking up their fir...2025
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• Braves report Rafael Montero to Atlanta; send down Zach Thompson
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• Reynaldo López injury update
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• The Opener: Lopez, MRIs, MLBTR Chat
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• Spencer Strider, Sean Murphy injury updates
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• Braves stomp the Blue Jays behind Riley
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• The diabolical combination of Aaron Bummer and the West Coast Braves
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• “The confidence is still there,” but “no statements” from the Braves as spring training begins

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves once again have high expectations but the squad isn’t doing the grand proclamation of “World Series or bust” here in 2025. Today is the day that keeps a lot of people warm during the long and cold winter that is baseball’s offseason. That’s because today is the day in particular where pitchers and catchers for the Atlanta B...2025
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• Braves fire Kevin Seitzer, Bobby Magallanes and Sal Fasano, per report

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta will be on the search for two new hitting coaches this offseason after previously stating that the whole staff would be returning. Last week, when Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and manager Brian Snitker were asked by the media as to whether or not the coaching staff would be ...2024
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• Braves expect to return entire coaching staff in 2025

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Running it back with the coaches next season, it seems. Braves manager Brian Snitker and Alex Anthopoulos met with the media for the first time since the season concluded in San Diego and spoke on a number of topics, one of which was the future of the coaching staff after a disappointing and injury-riddled 2024 campaign. According to both, the plan is for the entir...2024
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• Braves have another meeting in the desert while looking for a winning oasis
Joseph Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK For the second year in a row at around the same time, the Braves felt compelled to have a clubhouse meeting. The different circumstances suggest that the standards have risen. By now, most of Braves Country and a lot of the baseball world is at least aware of the lore from last season. After playing a calamitous baseball game on May 31 in ord...2023
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• Marcell Ozuna has got to go
Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images He’s gotten off to another slow start. He looks like he did in 2022, which is exactly how he looked to start 2021. This can’t keep going on if the Braves want to be as good as they can be. The Atlanta Braves are about to embark on a quick road trip that'll take them to Kansas City and San Diego, and they'll be hitting the road while c...2023
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• The time for nervousness is over and the time for confidence is here for the Braves
Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images They've got the tangibles. They've got the intangibles. 2023 should be a fun season of baseball in Atlanta, so let's act like it! The Atlanta Braves quite famously won 101 games last season, with wins No. 98, 99, and 100 forming a sweep over the New York Mets to all-but-clinch the 2022 NL East title. It took overcoming an incredibly slo...2023
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• Braves News: USA beats Venezuela, shortstop competition, more
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Team USA won a wild game against Ronald Acuna and Venezuela in which each team had to come back from 2+ run deficits. A grand slam from Trea Turner turned the tables for Team USA in the eighth inning. On the Braves’ side of things, there has been some interesting buzz around the potential of...2023
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