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• Braves line up with near Sunday best

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Listen, my wife will never let me live it down if her team sweeps mine. Brian Snitker isn’t known for letting players have off-days, and with a season sweep (derogatory) as a possibility, the Atlanta Braves will send their usual lineup to face the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, sans the usual Sean Murphy/Drake Baldwin swap (complimentary). Nick All...2025
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• Braves News: Pitchers’ duel at Truist, Spencer Strider’s status, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves fell 2-1 in Friday night’s contest with the Los Angeles Dodgers after a pitchers’ duel between Grant Holmes and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Holmes lasted six innings and surrendered both of the Dodgers’ runs. He allowed just four hits and recorded nine strikeouts. Grant Holmes pu...2025
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominates as Braves drop 2-1 pitchers’ duel

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Grant Holmes was great but Yoshinobu Yamamoto was even better. Grant Holmes had one of the best nights of his career as a starter so far. Unfortunately, this coincided with Yoshinobu Yamamoto continuing to dominate on the mound and as such, the Atlanta Braves ended up dropping this one in a tight, low-scoring and rain-delayed 2-1 defeat. Grant Holmes made...2025
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• Are the Braves handling Drake Baldwin correctly?

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Should the Braves continue their catching situation as is or make an adjustment? A common saying you’ll hear around baseball is young players need to play. Bench roles are usually better spent on veteran players who are used to staying ready without consistent playing time and developing players need to be in the lineup everyday to, well, develop. The 2025 Atlanta ...2025
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• Eli White starts in right field as Braves open series against Diamondbacks

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images A one-game reward, or a sign of things to come in right field? The Braves and Diamondbacks begin a three-game series on Friday night in Phoenix and both clubs just released their lineups. Against righty Zac Gallen, the Braves will employ their usual lineup these days with one interesting adjustment in the outfield. Eli White, who delivered a game-winning three-run ...2025
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• Braves continue to benefit from home cooking

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images While this wasn’t another sweep, it was still another series win for the Braves, who appear to have gotten things on track — in Cobb County, at least. The Atlanta Braves were riding high heading into the second half of their six-game homestand. They swept the Twins while taking advantage of the fact that Minnesota had been scuffling to start the ...2025
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• Braves News: Pitchers’ duel at Truist, Spencer Strider’s status, and more
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta

Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The city of Sacramento is torn over the Athletics. The Braves have a controversy as the team struggles. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. Dan Moore has a wonderful essay on the city of Sacramento, the Athletics and the “Faustian” bargain that brought them together. Sacramento is hungry for an MLB team of its own, but the Athletics s...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2312: A Return to Current Events

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about EW’s Ella Black series and catch up on topics they missed during the week away from regular episodes, including: some struggling teams (including the Orioles and Braves), Cal Raleigh’s (and David Rubenstein’s) bobbleheads, an Atlanta kerfuffle involving Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Jarred Kelenic, recent pitcher injuries, […...2025
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Brian Snitker, Four Straight Wins, More

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Braves get their fourth win in a row. It seems like plenty has been happening for the Braves on and off the field this season. Fortunately, the Braves are starting to find a bit of a groove on the field as they earned their fourth straight victory with a 7-6 win over the Cardinals. Both power and timely hitting were once again on display, a nice change from the st...2025
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• Spoiler alert: Here’s how the 2025 Braves season will play out

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Past results may not be indicative of future performance, but don’t doubt the Battery Power Almanac. There’s that meme. You know the one. “What a week, huh?” “Lemon, it’s Wednesday.” The 2025 Atlanta Braves regular season isn’t even a month old and it’s already been a long season. The lack of free agent signings to bolster the pit...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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• 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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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: From E-Mail to Starbucks, You're Fired!
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"took to social media Sunday to criticize the way Braves manager Brian Snitker handled Jarred Kelenic being thrown out at second base after failing to hustle out of the batter's box on a long drive Saturday."

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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."

2020
"The Atlanta Braves on Monday announced the promotion of general manager Alex Anthopoulos and a contract extension for manager Brian Snitker."

2019
"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."

2018
"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."

• Are the Braves handling Drake Baldwin correctly?
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta
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• Alex Verdugo leads off in Braves debut

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Well then! Can’t say that this was expected! The Atlanta Braves have revealed their starting lineup for the series opener against the Minnesota Twins and Brian Snitker has decided to throw his newest outfielder right into the thick of it to see what he’s got. Not only is Alex Verdugo starting tonight’s game in left field, he’s leading off in his 2025 regul...2025
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• Spoiler alert: Here’s how the 2025 Braves season will play out
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• 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

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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• 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

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• Majority of Braves fans think Brian Snitker will hang on through 2025

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Not really surprising, given how the Braves operate... A few days ago, we posed a question about Brian Snitker’s continued tenure as the skipper of the Atlanta Braves. Well, the powers that be have tabulated what needed tabulating, and the results are below. SB Nation The image truncates the original choices a bit, so le...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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• 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
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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• 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

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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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominates as Braves drop 2-1 pitchers’ duel
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Yep, we gotta talk about it. Alright, we gotta talk about this. At first, I didn’t really want to dedicate a whole entire post to this mini-controversy because as I’ve halfway joked about in past articles, this is a Serious Baseball Website for Serious Baseball Fans of the Atlanta Braves and it just felt kind of lame to write an entire article based o...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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• 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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• 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 line up with near Sunday best
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• Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominates as Braves drop 2-1 pitchers’ duel
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• Are the Braves handling Drake Baldwin correctly?
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• Eli White starts in right field as Braves open series against Diamondbacks
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• Braves continue to benefit from home cooking
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• Outside The Confines: Things are getting hot in Atlanta
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• Brian Snitker: “It’s tough to survive some key walks.”

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta’s bullpen was given a tough task of having to cover a whole game. For a while, it seemed like they were up to a challenge but eventually the dam broke. The Atlanta Braves dropped a tough one where the bullpen was put in a pretty difficult spot. It’s always difficult to cover an entire game like that and this was no different f...2025
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Brian Snitker, Four Straight Wins, More
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• Braves blast bumbling Twins, 6-2

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Matt Olson owns them enough to start calling the cities Mary Kate and Ashley. Home runs are good. It didn’t take long for the Atlanta Braves to get on the board, and they seemingly put the game away quickly. Matt Olson started it with a two-run shot in the first, Austin Riley singled home a run in the second, and Drake Baldwin hit a two-run shot to left in the thir...2025
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• On Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jarred Kelenic and what gets noticed
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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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