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• What’s AJ Smith-Shawver going to do in 2025?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Is he going to continue stalling, or break out? Or, something in between? By this point, everyone is probably on board with Drake Baldwin being the pride and joy of this minor league system. But, AJ Smith-Shawver, who was maybe the pride and joy before Baldwin, is still kicking around, falling into the top 50 of the recently-released FanGraphs prospect ...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, Orlando Arcia, Alex Anthopoulos, more

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Some more news and notes as we are one day closer to Spring Training Games beginning. If you continue to see Drake Baldwin more and more in articles on Battery Power in recent weeks, it is both for good reason and a good sign. In the midst of the time of year where many outlets are revealing their top 100 prospects lists across baseball, Baldwin conti...2025
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• Braves have two prospects in 2025 FanGraphs Top 100 Prospect List

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images FanGraphs thinks really, really highly of Drake Baldwin in particular. Prospect ranking list season is still going and today FanGraphs released their Top 100 Prospects list for 2025. As you would expect, the Atlanta Braves have at least one representative on this list with the obvious name of Drake Baldwin. The promising catcher is joined ...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, All-Star Game, more

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves are displaying their hosting of the All-Star Game front and center on the field. Meanwhile, we look at what it could take for Drake Baldwin to make the Opening Day Roster. As we near the end of the offseason, the Braves did make one impact addition in Jurickson Profar, but also didn’t really make the splash we expected after Alex...2025
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• What would it take for Drake Baldwin to make the team out of Spring Training?

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images About how ham does Drake need to go, and will it matter? I really like the Braves’ top prospect, Drake Baldwin. He has the power and the catching skills to play in MLB in 2025 and beyond. The only problem is that the Braves are pretty good at catcher right now, and Sean Murphy is locked down until 2029. As the minor league crew says, he is ...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Breakout Candidates

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The final in our series surrounding the preseason top 30 list looks at the top candidates to improve their stock in 2025 Every year a handful of prospects make huge leaps in the system, and often those players will come out of nowhere to vault into the upper tiers of the system. In 2023 that was Jhancarlos Lara, who stunned in Single-A with his upper-90s ...2025
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Best Tools, Position Players

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Nacho Alvarez is one of five hitters that graced our top 10 prospects, and is our pick for the best hit tool in the system. We had many of you in our Q&A session on Friday asking for a best tools segment relating to the top 30 prospects list. Fortunately, we already had one planned out and voted on by the in the chamber to run this week. To start out we ar...2025
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• Battery Power 2025 Top 30 Prospects: Biggest Risers

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin was one of many players who improved his stock in 2024 Many of you have been following along with our preseason top 30 Atlanta Braves prospect list rollout, and this year I decided to tack on some pieces to the end that will hopefully help explain some more of our viewpoints on players and how the list evolved since 2024. I will be going over an arti...2025
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• Braves News: Spring Training preparations, top prospects, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. We’ve nearly made it through the offseason, as Atlanta Braves pitchers and catchers are set to workout in less than a week. From workout dates, the facility location, and the spring training schedule, MLB’s Mark Bowman has you covered with everything you need to know ahead of camp. Braves New...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 1-6

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Number one is exactly who you though number one would be We have come to the final installment of our 2025 top Atlanta Braves prospects, and the first thing I would like to do is thank everyone who followed along and who has contributed to the list. Without the staff here we couldn’t give you guys such in depth coverage of the Braves system, and with...2025
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• Braves News: Atlanta adds Chad Kuhl, Keith Law’s top prospect list, and more

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Thursday. The Atlanta Braves have reportedly secured a right-hander after signing Chad Kuhl to a minor league deal. He will likely be at Spring Training as a non-roster invite. The Braves and RHP Chad Kuhl have agreed to a minor league deal, sources tell @JustBB_Media Kuhl pitched to a 5.06 ERA in 53 1/3 innings out of...2025
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• Braves News: Prospect rankings, model talk, bullpen signing, more

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Another year under Alex Anthopoulos and another set of glowing projections for this Braves squad, and rightfully so. While there are major questions regarding how well Spencer Strider and Ronald Acuna return from their respective major injuries, the squad has stars up and down the roster that make for a reliabl...2025
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"Looking down in the minors … well, there aren’t a lot of good position player prospects, but there are two who are near the majors – Nacho Alvarez and Drake Baldwin."

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"Notably absent: Drake Baldwin, who was not recalled to hang out on the bench."

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"Drake Baldwin also impressed, bringing the lumber to lead Rome to a win."

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• Braves News: Atlanta adds Chad Kuhl, Keith Law’s top prospect list, and more
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• Baseball Prospectus ranks Drake Baldwin as Braves top prospect

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Another ranking and another top spot for the 23-year-old catcher. Baseball Prospectus is the latest organization to release their top prospect list this month, with their 2025 preseason Top 10 list featuring Drake Baldwin as the Atlanta Braves’ top prospect. Drake Baldwin's breakout 2024 season leads him to the top of our new look @Br...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: Honorable Mentions

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves have started to build out depth in the system, with multiple top 30 honorable mentions with helium heading into 2025 The long offseason is finally drawing to its close, with football fans outside of Kansas City and Pennsylvania begging for better days to look forward to. Well, if you like the Atlanta Braves you should be in ...2025
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• ESPN ranks two Braves prospects on new top 100

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Drake Baldwin once again ranks as the Braves top prospect As prospect season continues yet another major top 100 dropped on Wednesday, with ESPN insider Kiley McDaniel releasing his preseason list. McDaniel is one of the most trusted sources of prospect information in the business, and he thinks highly of the Atlanta Braves’s top two position players. Coming...2025
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• 2025 is a big year for Sean Murphy

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reviewing the catcher’s first two years in Atlanta and looking ahead to what we can expect from him in 2025 Picture this – you wake up. It’s March 29th, 2024. After yesterday’s Opening Day was rained out, your Atlanta Braves are set to begin the 2024 season in Philadelphia. Fresh off a 104-win 2023 campaign backed by the greatest offense ...2025
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• Braves add Curt Casali for catching depth, per report

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The 11-year veteran adds additional organizational depth. Yesterday, a report indicated that former San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali as agree to a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves. Casali is an 11-year MLB veteran backstop who has served mainly as a reserve since debuting in 2014. The 36-year-old began his career with the Tampa Bat R...2025
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• Drake Baldwin, Hurston Waldrep named Top 101 Prospects according to Baseball Prospectus

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin’s 2024 campaign saw him all the way to #37 on the newest Top 101 prospect list. The sensational season turned into a sensational year for Atlanta Braves top prospect Drake Baldwin as he was named the #37 prospect in all of baseball according to Baseball Prospectus. 2025 Prospects: The Top 101by Jeffrey Paternostro (@jeffpaternostro), Jarrett Seid...2025
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• POLL: Should the Braves trade Drake Baldwin?

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young catcher’s prospect shine is brighter than it’s ever been. Should the Braves capitalize on his perceived value, or hold onto him as a potential cornerstone? At the onset of the offseason, the Atlanta Braves seemed well-positioned to trade their prized catching prospect, Drake Baldwin. They had Sean Murphy under contract through at lea...2024
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• Braves News: Joe Jimenez Injury, Travis d’Arnaud Enters Free Agency, more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Monday was a bit busier than expected. Monday was always expected to be quite busy for Atlanta, with some pretty obvious decisions to be made on the status of certain Braves for 2025. For instance, the Braves exercised the team option for Marcell Ozuna for 2025 and extended a qualifying offer to Max Fried. And while declining the ...2024
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• Braves Prospects AFL Update: Drake Baldwin’s Impressive Form Continues

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Drake would go 8-for-13 including a crazy 5-for-6 game. Drake is now slashing .362/.434/.489 over 11 games in the AFL. Peoria continued to struggle, dropping two of the three games they played dating back to the 25th, with Atlanta Braves prospects making some notable contributions. Drake Baldwin What hasn’t Drake done this season? After sitting out a game, ...2024
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, bullpen, spring training invites, more

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday It was a good day for Drake Baldwin, as he got a spring training invite and landed on ESPN’s top 100 prospects list. It does appear that he will start the season at AAA, especially after The Athletic’s David O’Brien reported that Sean Murphy is expected to start roughly 80% of the Braves’ games this season, which ...2025
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• Drake Baldwin among 16 non-roster invitees to Braves spring training

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Braves have announced the non-roster invitees to spring training and their top prospect is among the names. It’s January 29, which means we’re at the end of this month and getting perilously close to February — which means that spring training is right around the corner. As such, this is a good time for the Atlanta Braves to announc...2025
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• Braves News: Drake Baldwin, 2025 Promotional Schedule, More

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images Drake Baldwin continues to earn praise heading into the 2025 season. As the offseason rolls along for the Atlanta Braves, there are still needs to be filled and hopefully more moves to come. But we are also now at the time of the offseason where many outlets reveal top prospect lists, and Atlanta’s top position prospects Drake Baldwin is cont...2025
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• Drake Baldwin is ranked inside the Top 30 of Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospects List for 2025

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Baldwin is Atlanta’s only representative on Keith Law’s Top 100 list but he’s sitting relatively high on that list. Prospect ranking season continues to roll on here in January, as Keith Law of The Athletic has recently revealed his annual Top 100 Prospect List. As you can probably guess, there was one Atlanta Braves representative on this particular li...2025
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• A Bingo card of Braves resolutions

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Bingo, That’s It! Every New Year’s Eve, my wife and I have a conversation about the past year – name the top three and the worst three things from the past year. We had a lot of good things this past year, but I had trouble coming up with what my top three were. My gallbladder exploding, however … well, that was top worst thing of the year (I’m clearly f...2025
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• Braves decline options on Travis d’Arnaud and Luke Jackson, per report

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Earlier on Monday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves completed a no-brainer of a move when they exercised the club option for Marcell Ozuna and locked him in for another season. It sure seemed like Travis d’Arnaud would also be locking in as well, especially considering that it had been reported and assumed that d’Arnaud would be having his op...2024
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• AA, Snitker talk clubhouse culture, Drake Baldwin and offseason plans

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images All eyes were on the future as we reached the end of the season-capping press conference with Alex Anthopoulos and Brian Snitker We’ve got more comments from Atlanta Braves President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Alex Anthopoulos and we’ve also got plenty of comments from manager Brian Snitker as well. Both of these hi...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: JR Ritchie perfect in season debut
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Ritchie struck out seven over three perfect innings to lead Augusta to a win The Atlanta Braves system had a lot of action on Saturday evening, and JR Ritchie was the star of the show with his performance in Augusta. Drake Baldwin also impressed, bringing the lumber to lead Rome to a win. (2-11) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (9-5) Memphis RedBirds 5 Box Score...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Mike Soroka throws six shutout innings
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Soroka helped lead Gwinnett to just its third win of the season. The Atlanta Braves minor league system continued to sputter after a 1-3 day which included a heartbreaking walk off loss in a well-pitched game. Outside of that they lost two games where they allowed 8 in each with their only win coming in a game that featured a former MLB All Star. (3-1...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Chavez dominates again in rehab outing

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Jesse Chavez is looking ready to make his return to Atlanta’s bullpen, and has six strikeouts in 3 1⁄3 innings in Gwinnett The day was not flush with offensive performances, as the Atlanta Braves affiliates combined for one run in three games outside of extra innings, but the pitching at both levels had its upside. Jesse Chavez looks ever...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Jesse Chavez makes rehab appearance at Gwinnett

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images As the minor league season draws to a close, the Atlanta Braves minor league had just two games in action last night, winning and losing one. It was a day that featured some veterans and some new faces to the organization, mainly second round pick Drue Hackenberg. (64-73) Gwinnett Stripers 1, (68-70) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 2 F/7 Joe Dunand 2-3, 1 K A...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Soroka throws a shutout

Photo Credit: Jeff Morris Soroka took advantage of a shortened contest to get a complete game in a dominant performance It was a solid day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves top prospects, and while no longer a prospect Michael Soroka led the way with a complete game shutout in a Stripers win. Vaughn Grissom also continued to show out for Gwinnett, and down in High-A Rome Hurston Waldrep m...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Jared Shuster tosses seven scoreless in Gwinnett win

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Shuster struck held the opposition to just two hits on the day for the Stripers. Despite one game getting rained out, it was a successful day for Atlanta’s MiLB affiliates as the three teams in action swept their games. Jared Shuster dazzled, Joe Hudson homered twice, David McCabe drove in three and Jhancarlos Lara struck out eight in a talent-filled day. ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Franklin homers in return; Ritchie leaves with injury
Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images It’s been 377 days since Jesse Franklin V last suited up, and in his first game back he made a bang with a long home run It was a busy day on the farm for the Atlanta Braves, with a few injury-related items headlining the action. Travis d’Arnaud made his second appearance in his rehab stint with Gwinnett, and down in Mississippi Jess...2023
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• Braves 2023 Minor League Preview: Augusta Greenjackets
JR Ritchie | Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Low-A affiliate in Augusta may have the most interesting pitching staff in the Braves system. As we’ve reached March we’re closing in on the start of another season of Minor League Baseball for the Braves, as that season opens on March 31 this year - at least for Triple-A, as the rest of the minors get underway on April 6. With that ...2023
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Dylan Dodd has impressed in two fantastic performances this spring My front garden is starting to stir and that means it must be spring training time, and that means it’s almost my favorite time of the year: Minor League baseball season. We are a few weeks away from minor league opening day, but many of the Atlanta Braves’s top prospects have been active so far ...2023
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