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• Braves fall 6-3 to Tigers in Spring Breakout Game

Photo by Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images JR Ritchie, Garrett Baumann, and Didier Fuentes let it rip - all touching the high 90s with their fastball MLB’s Spring Breakout series continued today with today featuring the Atlanta Braves and the absolutely stacked Detroit Tigers featuring the top farm system in baseball headlined by Max Clark. Let’s see what the #1 farm system in b...2025
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• Braves vs Tigers Spring Breakout Open Thread

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Luis Guanipa leads the Braves prospects in his return to the Spring Breakout lineup The Spring Breakout game is back for its second season, and the Atlanta Braves will be sending out some of their top prospects to face off against the Detroit Tigers top prospects in Northport on Sunday. Leading the way for the Braves will be starting pitche...2025
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• Braves News: NL East Trades, Rasiel Iglesias, More

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Beasts in the East continue to get better. The NL East just continues to get better. On Sunday, the Phillies acquired Jesus Luzardo from the Marlins. Later in the evening, the Nationals acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe from the Rangers. While opinions of each trade may vary in a vacuum, both Phillies and Nationals addres...2024
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• 2024 Braves Prospects Season in Review: Drew Compton

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Despite being a minor league free agent, Drew had very solid success in 2024 and is looking to enter 2025 with guaranteed playing time and a chance to really showcase his skills at the plate. How Acquired Drew Compton was a 2023 minor league free agent signing by the Atlanta Braves. Preseason Report Card As a minor league free agent - there were not many expec...2024
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• Braves News: Walker Buehler rumors, Andruw Jones to Latin Baseball Hall of Fame, and more

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The hot stove has come to a simmer as the Atlanta Braves are rumored to have interest in free agent Walker Buehler. The 30-year-old just finished his seventh season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he put together a 1-6 record over 16 starts. Though it was a tough 2024 campaign, he has a career 3.27 ERA throu...2024
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• Braves Prospects AFL Update: Drew Compton homers twice for Peoria

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Compton tallied three hits over the past week — two of which left the park. Multiple Atlanta Braves’ farmhands were in action for Peoria over the past week. So, let’s dive into all the action. Drake Baldwin Baldwin did not appear in a game over the past week for Peoria. All told on the season, the backstop has played in 13 games, posting an OP...2024
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• Braves News: Walker Buehler rumors, Andruw Jones to Latin Baseball Hall of Fame, and more
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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 Prospects AFL update: Drake Baldwin stays hot

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin is off to a hot start in the AFL, further cementing his breakout 2024 After a decent start to the season the Peoria Javelinas have fallen off of a cliff, losing five in a row to fall to 2-7 well back of a playoff spot. Despite these struggles it’s been a productive season so far for the Atlanta Braves hitters over in Arizona, with top prospect Drake ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The inaugural season under the Emperors moniker has a chance to be a championship season Gwinnett Stripers Record: 68-70, 33-30 2nd half, 4th in IL West (7.5 GB) It was an interesting week for the Gwinnett pitching staff, where command woes tended to plague the starting pitching and the team had a handful of blow up games from the pitching staff. That s...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Smith-Shawver got ten whiffs with his changeup while Drake Baldwin went deep in a Stripers loss It’s the final full Saturday on the farm system, and there were a few exciting pitching prospects in action in the Atlanta Braves system. AJ Smith-Shawver wielded his splitter to great effect in Triple-A, striking out 11 batters over seven innings. Lucas Brau...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Compton led Rome to a win, their sixth straight The Rome Emperors are heading to the playoffs next week, and they seem to be getting hot at the right time. They’ve now won six games in a row, this one being headlined by two home runs and six RBIs from Drew Compton. Elsewhere in the Atlanta Braves system the Gwinnett Stripers won behind six innings of one ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome tosses combined no-hitter

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mitch Farris, Shay Schanaman, Sam Strickland and Ryan Bourassa combined for history on Wednesday. There was plenty of action on the day for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates, Rome took the cake by tossing a combined no-hitter in their win. Still, there was plenty of other action on the night, so let’s dive in. (60-62) Gwinnett Striper...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson throws six shutout innings

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports Anderson’s seven strikeouts were a season high We had a very interesting day on the Atlanta Braves farm system, especially from two notable pitching performances. Ian Anderson and Blake Burkhalter both had fantastic days for their respective teams, showing off the progression of their pitches for both of their Tommy John recoveries. In Double-A Jhancarlos Lara m...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Michael Harris II homers at Gwinnett

Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports Harris had another big game in Gwinnett, while down in Rome Mitch Farris had one of the best performances from any Braves prospect this season. Michael Harris II has been on a roll for Gwinnett, and I’m sure following his last performance Atlanta Braves fans are even more excited to welcome him back into the lineup soon. Harris wasn’t the only guy on the far...2024
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"Drew Compton - 1B7."

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"Swing and Misses Lucas Braun - 8 Jhancarlos Lara - 1 (53-54) Rome Emperors 4, (46-63) Asheville Tourists 5 Box Score Drew Compton, 1B: 2-4, 2B, ."

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"Another walk forced home the fourth run of the inning and Drew Compton capped off the scoring in the inning with a sacrifice fly."

• Braves fall 6-3 to Tigers in Spring Breakout Game
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• Braves vs Tigers Spring Breakout Open Thread
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• Braves News: NL East Trades, Rasiel Iglesias, More
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• 2024 Braves Prospects Season in Review: Drew Compton
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• Braves News: Walker Buehler rumors, Andruw Jones to Latin Baseball Hall of Fame, and more
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11
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• Braves Minor League Update: Smith-Shawver combines on shutout, Baldwin homers again

AJ Smith-Shawver | David Banks-USA TODAY Sports AJ Smith-Shawver combined on a shutout down in Gwinnett, while Drake Baldwin hit his 10th bomb for the Stripers. Sunday saw a clean sweep for the Braves down on the farm, as all four affiliates were in action and came away with wins. The biggest story of the day had to be in Gwinnett, where AJ Smith-Shawver combined for a shutout and Drake Ba...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Lucas Braun dominates in no-hitter bid

Drake Baldwin | Credit: Garrett Spain - Battery Power Lucas Braun threw seven no hit innings for Mississippi and just narrowly missed out on a combined no-hitter. Sunday had some excitement with Lucas Braun nearly being a part of a combined no-hitter, EJ Exposito having a multi-homer afternoon and the Gwinnett offense just going off in their win. That doesn’t even get into the big days at ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez homers for second straight game

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Pneumonia, new me? Alvarez has turned up the power since coming back to the Stripers lineup The Gwinnett Stripers are the hottest team in the International League, with a five game win streak and the league’s best run differential in the second half. Nacho Alvarez and Drake Baldwin have been a huge part of that, with Alvarez carrying Gwinnett’s offense in ...2024
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• 2024 Braves Prospects Season in Review: Drew Compton
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• Braves Prospects AFL Update: Drake Baldwin’s Impressive Form Continues
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• Braves Prospects AFL update: Drake Baldwin stays hot
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome eliminated from playoffs

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images JR Ritchie had a solid outing, but Rome couldn’t give him the run support to extend the series to a third game It wasn’t the best of days for the Atlanta Braves Minor League system. None of the affiliates won and Rome was decisively swept out of the playoffs despite some solid work from JR Ritchie. Still some guys did shine, with the best T...2024
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Blake Burkhalter Shines in Game One Loss

Kim Klement-Imagn Images The bats couldn’t get it going down in Rome, while they couldn’t slow down up in Gwinnett (0-1) Rome Emperors 1, (1-0) Bowling Green Hot Rods 3 Box Score Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. CF: 1-for-4, .238/.319/.332 Drew Compton, 1B: 2-for-3, RBI, BB, .285/.387/.405 Stephen Paolini, LF: 2-for-4, .220/.314/.323 Blake Burkhalter, SP: 5IP 4H 1ER 0BB 4K, 1.80 ERA Rome dropped gam...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep tosses six strong innings at Gwinnett

Hurston Waldrep | Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Hurston Waldrep and Jacob Shafer turned in big starts on Sunday, with each one allowing just one run. Sunday saw a pair of great starts in the system, as Hurston Waldrep allowed just one run over six innings and Jacob Shafer continued his dominance over Low-A with one run over five innings. Jhancarlos Lara also made a start, but his results were m...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver strikes out 11
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Hurston Waldrep tosses six strong innings at Gwinnett
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Nacho Alvarez Jr. homers for Gwinnett

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Alvarez Jr. drove in three runs in the Stripers’ win. Atlanta’s minor league affiliates went .500 on the night as Gwinnett and Augusta came away with wins while Mississippi and Rome were dealt a loss each on the night. (68-68) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (71-63) Nashville Sounds 1 Nacho Alvarez Jr., 3B: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R Alejo Lopez, 2B: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Just...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Spencer Schwellenbach strikes out 8

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Schwellenbach dominated early in a Rome win It was a solid day for the pitching prospects in the Atlanta Braves system, with a trio of talented arms taking the mound on Saturday. Hurston Waldrep pitched a gem for Mississippi, but it was Spencer Schwellenbach who led the system in strikeouts and whiffs. (9-11) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (10-10) Me...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Owen Murphy dominates in Emperors opener

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Murphy pitched into the seventh as Rome won their first ever game as the Emperors It was a glorious Friday for Atlanta Braves fans, as up at the big league level they won an exciting home opener. Then down at the minor league level the final three affiliates had their opening days, giving us our first full slate of baseball of 2024. There we...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Alan Rangel dominates with 12 K’s

Alan Rangel | Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Alan Rangel pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, striking out 12 to highlight the performances on the Braves farm. Sunday saw Alan Rangel pitch his best start of the season, seven one-hit shutout innings with 12 strikeouts. We also got to see Lucas Braun make his High-A debut, Sabin Ceballos hit his first pro homer, and ...2023
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• Braves Minor League recap: Owen Murphy continue strikes out nine for Augusta

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The 2022 first-rounder has struck out 26 batters this month. While Atlanta’s affiliates came away with a .500 record on the day, there were a few bright spots on the day as Owen Murphy continued a successful August and Stephen Paolini homered twice on Friday. (54-62) Gwinnett Stripers 4, (67-51) Durham Bulls 6 Daniel Robertson, DH: 1-4,...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Darius Vines whiffs seven

Photo Credit: Mills Fitzner Vines was solid for Gwinnett, but that was the end of that pitching staff’s successes It wasn’t the nicest of days for the Atlanta Braves farm system, with the only win coming in a game that isn’t even streamed on MiLB tv. So, we’re left with a sour taste but a good performance from Darius Vines who continued an impressive return from a spring training shoulder ...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: Waldrep strikes out eight in Augusta debut

Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The 2023 Braves first-rounder showed up and showed out in the full-season professional start of his career. Waldrep struck out eight batters, Drew Lugbauer homered three times and Augusta split two games on Friday in what was a full day for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates. (48-58) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (50-56) Indianapolis Indians 1 Daniel Robertson,...2023
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• Atlanta Braves assign top draft pick Hurston Waldrep to Augusta
Hurston Waldrep | Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images The Braves today assigned some of their 2023 draft choices to full season ball, headlined by first round pick Hurston Waldrep. This morning the Atlanta Braves sent the first group of players from their 2023 MLB Draft class to full season ball, including their first round pick Hurston Waldrep. While some of these players had started in...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: AJ Smith-Shawver, Vaughn Grissom lead Gwinnett to win

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Braves minor league system was strong offensively scoring 28 runs across five games, but their pitching let them down resulting in them going 2-3 on the day. They were led by a former top prospect and one of the hotter hitters in the organization. (49-58) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (41-68) Charlotte Knights 3 Vaughn Grissom 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB Braden ...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Gwinnett scores 20 runs

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images The offenses were rolling at every level Every level of the Atlanta Braves system featured a good offensive output on Thursday, but none did it quite as well as the Gwinnett Stripers. The Stripers dropped a season-high 20 runs as they won their fifth straight game. (51-58) Gwinnett Stripers 20, (41-70) Charlotte Knights 4 Box Score Vaughn Grissom, 2B: 1-...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson throws six shutout innings
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• Braves fall 6-3 to Tigers in Spring Breakout Game
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• Braves Prospects AFL Update: Landon Harper turns in best AFL performance

Landon Harper Relieving on Saturday Landon Harper turned in his best performance of the AFL season. Peoria is coming off an interesting three game stretch since Friday, dropping a game 2-1, ending in a 10-inning tie, and finally getting back into the win column with a 3-2 victory on Monday. It was a fairly quiet stretch for the Atlanta Braves prospects, as just two hitters appeared at all ...2024
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• Braves Prospects AFL Update: David McCabe has strong game

David McCabe | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images David McCabe had a strong game on Wednesday, while the struggling Ryan Bourassa pitched a clean inning during a wild game. After a Peoria loss on Tuesday, they won a shootout 12-11 on Wednesday, before a loss on Thursday. It was a quiet few days for Braves prospects as only four guys made an appearance since our last update. Let...2024
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• Braves Prospects AFL update: Drake Baldwin stays hot
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome eliminated from playoffs
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• Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Blake Burkhalter Shines in Game One Loss
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin hits clutch grand slam

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Baldwin’s blast and Ian Anderson’s strong start led Gwinnett to a win It was a fun night of baseball for the Atlanta Braves system, as the big league club got a big win behind Spencer Schwellenbach and the next wave of guys did good things on the farm. Drake Baldwin and Ian Anderson continue to show out for Gwinnett, putting up dominant games in Trip...2024
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