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• Braves News: Chris Sale returns, extra-innings loss, more

Well after a bit of a hot streak, it looked like the Braves might have played themselves out of contention for the second best lottery odds, but now after a losing streak and some wins from some other teams, they are right back in the thick of it. Only 1.0 games in the standings separate […]...2025
• Chris Sale dominates, but offense falls flat in 3-2 loss

In a season without much excitement left, Chris Sale made his return from injury for Atlanta against Phillies’ star Cristopher Sanchez. After a strong first from Sanchez, Sale looked like he might be a bit rusty, walking the first Phillies batter. He then put that to bed, with three strikeouts to finish a scoreless first. […]...2025
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• Catching up with incoming cards and things

Time for a big post featuring stuff I've gotten over the past month or two from my homies on the cardsphere, including two guys I've gotten a ton of cards from in recent years, plus two other guys I hadn't traded with in several years.First up is a bunch of stuff from the esteemed Mr. Zippy Zappy. Similar to what Night Owl was saying the other week, I'm fortunate to still be sent stuff from K...2025
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• Braves vs Phillies Game Thread: 8/30/2025
Chris Sale returns from injury for Atlanta in a high-end pitching matchup with Cristopher Sanchez for Philly. Tonight’s game starts at 6:05 PM ET and can be viewed on the normal spots. Check out more on the stellar pitching matchup in the game preview here and the lineups here. Join us and discuss tonight’s game […]...2025
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• Sean Murphy starts at DH, as Chris Sale gets the start

Sean Murphy gets the nod at designated hitter today, as Marcell Ozuna sits. There has been a frustrating trend of Brian Snitker playing Ozuna over Baldwin at DH, so at least one of the catchers is DHing today, but hopefully we can see more of Baldwin, as his performance has an ability to impact the […]...2025
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• Chris Sale activated by Braves

The Atlanta Braves have activated left-handed starting pitcher Chris Sales from the 60-day IL and optioned right-hander Nathan Wiles to Triple-A. Sale will be making his first start since June today against the Philadelphia Phillies. Wiles joined the active roster yesterday but is heading back to Gwinnett. He appeared in one game for in April. […]...2025
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• The Opener: Sale, Tolle, Tong
Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend: 1. Sale to return: The Braves are expected to activate ace lefty Chris Sale from the 60-day IL this weekend. The veteran southpaw has been sidelined since June due to a fracture in his ribcage, but prior…...2025
• Braves expect to activate Chris Sale from the IL soon

Chris Sale has been missing from action due to a fractured ribcage for just over two months now. Ever since then, the Atlanta Braves have been pretty deliberate about making sure that Sale takes his time coming back from the injury. As such, Sale has made three rehab starts over the past couple of weeks […]...2025
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• Braves News: Chris Sale update, offense quiet against Fish, and more

The Atlanta Braves starting rotation is taking a step in the right direction, as Chris Sale is set to begin a rehab assignment next week. Sale is slated to pitch in Triple-A Gwinnett on August 12. Sale’s absence, stemming from a fractured left rib cage sustained during a diving play on June 18, has been […]...2025
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• Game Thread #112: Milwaukee Brewers (67-44) @ Atlanta Braves (47-63)

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Brewers continue NL East trip in Atlanta Fresh off their demolition of the Washington Nationals over the weekend, the Milwaukee Brewers will continue their (almost) East Coast swing tonight in Atlanta with the first of three games against the Braves. After the Brewers’ thorough undoing of the Nationals, they’re really starting to look like what the stats say th...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: August 4

One year ago today, even Twins players Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis cannot believe the awful team they’re facing, as another loss and series sweep dropped the White Sox 60 games below .500. | Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images 60 games under .500 — with eight weeks still to play! 1911 Here’s a weird record and distinction for you: Lee Tannehill not only is the only shortstop in ...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Brewers wrap up road trip in Atlanta as they face off against injury-riddled Braves The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to Atlanta as they’ll wrap up their six-game road trip through the NL East against the Atlanta Braves. The Brewers are still red-hot, as they’ve won three straight and six of their last seven to remain atop the NL Central and MLB standings, two g...2025
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• The most valuable MLB card of the year was pulled, and scalpers are in free fall

This story is good on so many levels. Collecting cards is absolute hell. It’s been that way since the pandemic. It was around this time thousands of people stopped looking at cards as collectibles, and instead took to them as legalized gambling — not only driving prices up to astronomical levels, but making it almost impossible for regular joes to get their hands on cards for a decent price. This ...2025
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• Grant Holmes hits 15-day IL, Daysbel Hernandez returns to Atlanta

Jeff Curry-Imagn Images All of Atlanta’s Opening Day starting pitchers are now injured. This morning the Atlanta Braves made official that starting pitcher Grant Holmes is going on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Holmes was the last remaining Opening Day starting pitcher left in Braves’ rotation. The corresponding move was the return of reliever Daysbel Hernandez f...2025
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• Do the Braves think Bryce Elder is better than Spencer Strider?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Probably not, but... I was at a child’s birthday party yesterday, as the Braves lost their rubber game against the Red Sox to hit a new season low in FanGraphs’ playoff odds (50.6 percent). The kid’s parents had hired some magician, and shortly after Michael Harris II struck out to end the game, some sort of stinging insect flew to...2025
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• Will the Braves roll the dice with their bullpen?

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Lord, I was born a gamblin’ man... I used to travel a lot for work. Like 80% of the time. It was a lot. When you are out on the road like that, everyone thinks it must be a ton of fun – fun new cities, new experiences, new food, etc. In reality, there’s a decent shot you end up in Warsaw, Indiana in January where there are no museu...2025
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• Chris Sale made major dietary changes during Tommy John rehabilitation

Now with a new diet aiding the Red Sox ace on the mound, expect a quick return to form for the seven-time All-Star....2021
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"Anthopoulos On Trading Chris Sale: “Will Not Happen”"

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"The series will continue Saturday with Chris Sale matching up against Marlins right-hander Max Meyer."

2023
"The Atlanta Braves acquired left-hander Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox for infielder Vaughn Grissom on Saturday, sources told ESPN, shoring up their rotation with the seven-time All-Star they hope rounds out a World Series-caliber roster."

2022
"Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale will miss the rest of the 2022 season after fracturing his right wrist in a bike accident over the weekend, the team announced Tuesday."

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"Chris Sale joined Sandy Koufax on Thursday as the only pitchers on record with three career immaculate innings."

2020
"Boston Red Sox left hander Chris Sale will undergo Tommy John surgery, Chaim Bloom, the team's chief baseball officer, announced Wednesday."

2019
"Let’s check in on a few notes from the American League: Red Sox ace Chris Sale finished the 2019 season on the injured list with inflammation in his throwing elbow."

2018
"The Yankees' first visit to Fenway Park in 2018 is not scheduled to take place until April 10, and general manager Brian Cashman is already envisioning how the team might deploy their new-look outfield against Red Sox ace left-hander Chris Sale."

2017
"Backed by an overpowering performance by Chris Sale, who became the first Boston pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 1999 to record 300 strikeouts in a season, Boston finished a three-game sweep of the Orioles with a 9-0 victory on Wednesday night."

2016
"The victory was Arrieta's 11th of the season -- tying him with crosstown ace Chris Sale for the Major League lead -- as he improved to 9-1 in his career vs."

2015
"Tired of getting belted around by the White Sox in their own ballpark, the Red Sox responded by delivering a sixth-inning knockout of ace Chris Sale en route to an 8-2 victory on Thursday night."

2014
"He also had to go up against some heavy hitters in the league like Hernandez and Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale."

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• Chris Sale returns against Philadelphia
Wins and losses are fairly trivial this point, as the playoffs are pretty much off the table, although there is some real value in draft position. Chris Sale returns for Atlanta after breaking his ribs diving for a ball, as he wanted to get back to pitching competitively in preparation for a normal offseason. The […]...2025
• Game Thread #112: Milwaukee Brewers (67-44) @ Atlanta Braves (47-63)
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• MLB Trade Deadline: 5 teams that improved, and 3 teams that left us confused

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images These are the teams that got better at the MLB trade deadline, and ones who didn’t do enough. The 2025 MLB Trade Deadline is in the books. Of course, now you want to know who the winners and losers were. It is often tough to grade baseball trades, given that some of the players moved at the Deadline might not contribute for a few more years. So what we will do to...2025
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• The most valuable MLB card of the year was pulled, and scalpers are in free fall
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• Grant Holmes hits 15-day IL, Daysbel Hernandez returns to Atlanta
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• Today in White Sox History: July 23

Almost 31 when he made his major league debut, on this day 74 years ago Jim Rivera was purchased by the White Sox. | Hy Peskin/Getty Images Jungle Jim gets one step closer to the South Side 1951 Although he was just two years into pro ball and already 29 years old, the White Sox took notice of the outstanding season Jim Rivera was having for the Seattle Rainers of the Pacific Coast League ...2025
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• NL Week 17 Strategy-July 19, 2025
In The Field 2B Nolan Gorman was scratched from the Cardinals' lineup on Friday. He is dealing with a back injury and was considered day-to-day, but the Cardinals made the decision to place him on the 10-day IL on Saturday. OF Sal Frelick was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday with a hamstring injury. OF Blake Perkins was recalled to take his place on the active roster. 2B Ketel Marte was placed ...2025
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• Braves News: Chris Sale returns, extra-innings loss, more
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• Game Thread #112: Milwaukee Brewers (67-44) @ Atlanta Braves (47-63)
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• MLB Trade Deadline: 5 teams that improved, and 3 teams that left us confused
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• Grant Holmes hits 15-day IL, Daysbel Hernandez returns to Atlanta
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• SB Nation Reacts survey: The Cubs are going to win the NL Central

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images That’s what the overwhelming majority of survey respondents said. But what postseason position will they get? Last week, our SB Nation Reacts survey asked respondents to vote on where they thought the Cubs would finish the 2025 regular season. Here are the results: Ninety-eight percent of survey respondents say the Cubs are going...2025
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• Which random rotation guy is going to stick through the rest of the year?

Photo by Kathryn Skeean/MLB Photos via Getty Images When I say random, I mean random With Didier Fuentes returning to Triple-A, the Braves have a funny not-really-a-dilemma on their hands. It looks like this: they have three guys that they will ostensibly use as starters going forward (Spencer Strider, Grant Holmes, Bryce Elder), even if two of those guys are arguably not really fit for se...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald Acuna, Didier Fuentes to AAA, more

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday We are rapidly approaching - and perhaps have already passed - the point at which the Braves need to be focused on optimizing for 2026 and beyond, rather than 2025. Obviously ticket sales, ratings, and other financial elements have a significant role to play in this decision-making but at least on the fie...2025
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• What to watch for when the Braves aren’t very watchable

Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda/Getty Images Spring Training may as well start tonight I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don’t think the Atlanta Braves are going to win a ton of games in the second half of the season or make the playoffs. If you’ve been in a coma since March, this is shocking news but among the conscious it isn’t. They are eleven games below even and just lost seven o...2025
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• A brief look at the Braves’ drafts under Alex Anthopoulos

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Anthopoulos enters his eighth draft as Braves general manager — here’s a look at how the first six have panned out It is still many, many years until we will know exactly how the Alex Anthopoulos era in Atlanta will shake out. No one will complain about the World Series title, but many bemoan the lack of hitting talent in the minor league system and love ...2025
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• Game Thread #112: Milwaukee Brewers (67-44) @ Atlanta Braves (47-63)
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• Grant Holmes set for IL stint due to “elbow tightness”

Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images The Season from Hell may have just claimed the entire Opening Day rotation for the Braves. Last season, the injury bug played a huge role in Atlanta’s struggles at the plate. While that excuse isn’t there for the lineup here in 2025, it is certainly there for the Atlanta Braves when it comes to their pitching staff. Reynaldo López only lasted a few innings ...2025
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• An MLB Draft ‘what if’ for every team

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What if Tarik Skubal had signed with the Diamondbacks in 2017? Major League teams made their draft selections earlier this week. Some players will sign quickly, others - mostly high schoolers - won’t sign at all with the team that drafted them. Some of baseball’s biggest stars could have had much different careers if they had signed with the team that ori...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: July 16

For the balance of July and into August 1992, Lance Johnson ran wild for the White Sox. | Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images One Dog begins one heck of a long hitting streak 1920 With the White Sox down to their last two outs in the ninth, trailing the Senators, 5-4, Joe Jackson capped a rally by hitting an inside-the-park grand slam past (or over) Washington center fielder Sam Rice. That score,...2025
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• Matt Olson hits 15 homers, is eliminated in first round of 2025 MLB Home Run Derby

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Olson took some good cuts and the hometown crowd was certainly behind him but it didn’t translate into a deep run for Atlanta’s first baseman. Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson ultimately finished seventh out of eight competitors in the first round of the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby. His 15 home runs left him just three homers shy of advancing, as both ...2025
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• What to watch for when the Braves aren’t very watchable
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• The Braves are playing elite defense in 2025

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Our friends over at FanGraphs recently took a look at the top defensive teams in all of baseball right now and as it turns out, the Braves are at least excelling in one department. The All-Star break is right around the corner and to let you know just how “well” things are going for the Atlanta Braves here in 2025, Ivan The Great is ...2025
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• Sox sweep O's, magic number down to 1
The Red Sox are fending off a surge by the Yankees with a nice hot streak of their own. Backed by an overpowering performance by Chris Sale, who became the first Boston pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 1999 to record 300 strikeouts in a season, Boston finished a three-game sweep of the Orioles with a 9-0 victory on Wednesday night....2017
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• Red Sox sweep O's, magic number down to 1
The Red Sox are fending off a surge by the Yankees with a nice hot streak of their own. Backed by an overpowering performance by Chris Sale, who became the first Boston pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 1999 to record 300 strikeouts in a season, Boston finished a three-game sweep of the Orioles with a 9-0 victory on Wednesday night....2017
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• Arrieta continues Bucs mastery with 11 K's
Jake Arrieta wasn't perfect Friday afternoon, but he was characteristically stingy when it mattered most. Arrieta worked his way out of two key jams and struck out 11 over six scoreless innings as the Cubs beat the Pirates, 6-0, at Wrigley Field. The victory was Arrieta's 11th of the season -- tying him with crosstown ace Chris Sale for the Major League lead -- as he improved to 9-1 in his career ...2016
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• Red Sox blank Rays behind Sale's 8 K's
With the offense hitting lasers from gap to gap and Chris Sale in top form from the mound, the Red Sox rolled over the Rays for the second straight night at Fenway Park, notching a 9-0 victory on Saturday to maintain a 4 1/2-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East....2017
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• Red Sox strike early, cruise to shutout of Rays
With the offense hitting lasers from gap to gap and Chris Sale in top form from the mound, the Red Sox rolled over the Rays for the second straight night at Fenway Park, notching a 9-0 victory on Saturday to maintain a 4 1/2-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East....2017
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• Sale (9 K's) handles Halos; Sox score 5 in 1st
The night boded well for the Red Sox after they built a five-run lead before ace left-hander Chris Sale even took the mound....2017
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• Sale (9 K's) handles Halos; Sox score 5 in 1st
The night boded well for the Red Sox after they built a five-run lead before ace left-hander Chris Sale even took the mound....2017
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• Bronx bummer: Baby Sox star in 9th, 10th
The Yankees had their hands full with Chris Sale for seven innings, then were done in by a pair of prized Red Sox rookies in the final two. Rafael Devers cracked a dramatic game-tying home run in the ninth, and Andrew Benintendi delivered the go-ahead knock in the 10th, lifting Boston to a 3-2 victory on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium....2017
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• BCB After Dark: Alcantara or Gallen?

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which starting pitcher you’d rather the Cubs trade for. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. Let us know if we can do anything for you. The hostess will seat you now. Th...2025
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• Roman Anthony Gets The Call - June 10, 2025
Roman Anthony, OF, Red Sox The day has finally come. After over two months of constant anticipation and absolute destruction of Triple-A pitching, Roman Anthony was called up to the Boston Red Sox. The number one overall prospect in baseball, he has the upside to make him both a real-life and fantasy superstar. Through 58 minor league games this year, he has slashed .288/.423/.491 with 10 home ru...2025
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• Comeback Arms Lead the Way - May 1, 2025
Tony Gonsolin, SP, Dodgers Tony Gonsolin looked impressive in his season debut, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings. He induced 17 whiffs in the night for a 40% whiff rate, with his slider being his most effective swing-and-miss pitch, with six whiffs on eleven swings. This was about as good of a start as you could ask for, considering Gonsolin hasn't pitched s...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 14, 2025
Injury Updates Bobby Witt Jr, SS, Royals Bobby Witt was recently hit in the forearm with a pitch in Spring Training and left the game. After getting tested, it was determined it was nothing serious, just a bruise. This is a relief for any fantasy manager who has already drafted, as they likely had to use a top-three overall pick on him. He is coming off of a 32 home run, 31 stolen base season whi...2025
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• Let the Games Begin! Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- February 23, 2025
Yesterday was the first full day of games in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues. After an active offseason teams are getting work in and facing game conditions. Fantasy drafts are starting and for those not drafting yet it's time to pay attention to what's happening. Chris Sale- P- ATL- Sale tossed 2 perfect IP in his Grapefruit League debut. He threw 21 pitches with his fastball averaging 93.8...2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part One

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images A local baseball hobbyist’s hunch on various Braves-related projections I’m no data scientist. I don’t know how to code. There are brilliant, world-class mathematicians who have spent decades developing and honing projection systems, and those systems are well-respected by many of baseball’s brightest minds. These systems are accounting fo...2025
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• Projecting the 2025 Braves Opening Day roster

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Not one, but two, different options for Atlanta’s first 26-man roster of the 2025 season. Atlanta Braves full-squad workouts begin one month from today, but much to the chagrin of Braves fandom, the organization has been stunningly quiet this offseason when to comes to making moves that - on the surface - move the needle on the quality of...2025
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• Chris Sale set to begin rehab stint at Triple-A Gwinnett on August 12

The Atlanta Braves starting rotation has been in a state of unimaginable flux for most of this season and one of the guys who has been part of that flux has been Chris Sale. Sale was having a solid season and had seemingly started to find his groove in June. That was when he pitched […]...2025
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• Braves won’t trade away any players under team control for 2026 and beyond, per report

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images That includes Chris Sale, who is still under contract for the Braves for the 2026 season. It’s extremely likely that the Atlanta Braves aren’t going to be one of the buyers for the upcoming Trade Deadline at the end of this month. The Braves went 0-2-and-BBQ in the 2024 NL Wild Card series and are very likely going to miss out on the...2025
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• Battery Power Braves Player of the Week: Ronald Acuña, Jr.

Dale Zanine-Imagn Images It was another week of elite performance from Atlanta’s superstar outfielder. The Atlanta Braves completed this past week with four wins in six games. If that’s all that was known about the week, it would seem the Braves had a successful go of it. However, dropping two-out-of-three to the lowly Miami Marlins as the encore to a sweep of the division-leading New Yor...2025
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• Braves GM makes Chris Sale stance clear as MLB trade deadline looms

There has been speculation about whether the underwhelming Braves will be sellers at this year's trade deadline due to their 33-39 start that has them 11 games out in the NL East....2025
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• BCB After Dark: The untouchables

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks which minor league prospect should be the last one the Cubs part with. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the heat. We’ve got the best music and the best companionship. There’s no cover charge. We’ve ...2025
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• Can Atlanta put an end to their misery in Milwaukee?

Photo by Lawrence Iles/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If the Braves are going to find a way to save their season, it’s got to start by making something happen against a tough Brewers team. With the season currently off the rails, the Atlanta Braves are currently limping into their former hometown in order to take on the Milwaukee Brewers. As you can see by the fact that the Brewers are ...2025
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• Sean Murphy gets the start at catcher for Braves vs. Diamondbacks

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The lineups have been released for this middle game of the three-game series between the Atlanta Braves and the Arizona Diamondbacks. If you’re a fan of a slight reshuffle and seeing the same players in slightly different positions in the lineup, then boy do I have news for you! Anyways, here’s how the Braves are looking: Sale gets ...2025
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