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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, Pitchers

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Hurston Waldrep’s splitter is one of many standout pitches in the Braves system Yesterday we gave you our best tools amongst the position player prospects in our top 30 Atlanta Braves prospects list, and today we’re going to flip it around and look at pitchers. While the lack of depth led to many of the best tools being shared between the same handful of...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 13-18

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Blake Burkhalter joins our list, and is one of a handful of Braves pitching prospects who make a push at reaching the upper levels this season We’re now 60% of the way through the top 30, with pitching becoming the ever more looming presence on the list with five pitchers in this section. The Braves have received criticism for their struggle to develop t...2025
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Darius Vines had his chance to grab a major league role in 2024, but played his way off of the 40-man roster instead Darius Vines turned in a not-altogether-horrible rookie campaign for the Atlanta Braves in 2023, but 2024 was a nightmare on every level. After being poised to join the shuttle between Gwinnett and Atlanta for the near future, he instead l...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong

Photo by Sam Hodde/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Braves best offensive prospect this season finished Triple-A with a flourish, leading the team in hits his final week The final week of the season for Atlanta Braves minor league baseball has passed, with the Gwinnett Stripers ending theirs on a three-game losing streak. Despite this they got a handful of key performances from their top pr...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Justin Dean goes 4-4 in Gwinnett loss

Photo Credit: Garrett Spain The Stripers lost to Jacksonville despite having a better day at the plate. Despite getting a solid outing from starter Drue Hackenberg, Gwinnett failed to get the bats going, losing the only minor league game for Atlanta’s affiliates on Friday. (72-76) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (71-76) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3 Luke Williams, 1B: 3-4, HR, RBI, R Drake Baldwin, C:...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong
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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: 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: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Anderson’s fastball velocity dipped this game and his command wasn’t sharp It wasn’t the best of days for the Atlanta Braves affiliates, as they lacked a standout performance from their prospects and Ian Anderson had his worst game at Triple-A so far. Augusta is about to get interesting though, as the promotions of Garrett Baumann and JR Ritchie to Rome have op...2024
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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 Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young Augusta GreenJackets had their fair share of big performances on a fun week in the system It was a fun week on the Atlanta Braves farm system as the top three levels all went 5-1 and Augusta had some interesting pitching performances. Across the system the pitching made the difference, with Drue Hackenberg, Blake Burkhalter, Ian ...2024
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"Drue Hackenberg - RHP How he got to the Braves: 2023 MLB Draft, 2nd round The Braves created a splash with the Drue Hackenberg pick, not only taking him in the second round in 2023 where he was seen as a reach, but giving him a $2,000,000 signing bonus to entice him away from two more seasons of college eligibility."

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"On the mound Lucas Braun put up two double-digit strikeout games in one week, while rotation-mate Drue Hackenberg threw five scoreless innings."

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"It was a day that featured some veterans and some new faces to the organization, mainly second round pick Drue Hackenberg."

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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier strikes out seven in Rome walkoff

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maier struck out seven across six innings of work for the Emperors. It was a very successful day down on the farm for Atlanta’s minor league affiliates on Friday, as all four teams in action came away with a victory. So, without further ado, let’s dive into the action. (65-65) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (68-60) Columbus Clippers 1 Nacho Alvar...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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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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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta
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• Braves 2024 MLB Draft Preview: RHP

Brody Brecht | Lee Navin/For the Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Taking a look at how the Braves may approach RHP in the 2024 MLB Draft. The Atlanta Braves draft pitchers early and often in the MLB Draft almost every year, so it’s a safe bet that they draft a right-handed pitcher early in the 2024 MLB Draft. I say safe bet because the way the draft sets up, the right-handed pitchers project t...2024
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong
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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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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier strikes out seven in Rome walkoff
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Rome, Blake Burkhalter to begin playoff series
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drew Compton hits two home runs
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez returns to Mississippi lineup

Photo Credit: Garrett Spain Alvarez missed a few games for undisclosed reasons, but was back in action over the weekend The Atlanta Braves system has been impacted by promotions in the last few weeks, but there is still plenty to watch. Adam Maier and Lucas Braun have dominated the lower levels, while the fun story of the year seems to be infielder David Fletcher making a real conversion t...2024
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Hurston Waldrep shines after Triple-A promotion

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Waldrep struck out 11 in a busy week for pitching prospect news It has been a relatively tame year for the Atlanta Braves system, with the bats starting out slow at every level and major promotions fairly limited. Then they hit us with a flurry, promoting Spencer Schwellenbach for his major league debut and then promoting Hurston W...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly report: Waldrep, Schwellenbach make up M-Braves two-headed monster

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images The duo took their dominance to a new level last week as Mississippi swept their series in Chattanooga We have a hybrid article for you this morning, as the Mississippi Braves decided they wanted to play on Memorial Day so we’re going to start off with a quick recap of that loss. Then it’s on to the weekly report, where once again the system...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Adam Maier throws five scoreless

Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maier and Hackenberg were ground ball machines in A ball on Saturday It was a slightly fuller schedule for the Atlanta Braves system on Saturday, as the rookie-level Florida Complex League opened played. It was also a full day of pitching, with interesting prospects going at every level including last season’s second round pick Drue Hack...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Riley Frey strikes out 9

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Frey struck out nine and walked no one in a win for the GreenJackets There’s no baseball quite like Sunday baseball, and to cap off the week all four Atlanta Braves affiliates had tightly contested daytime matchups. Mississippi scraped through for a hard-fought one run victory, while down in Single-A Augusta came out on top of a slug fest. (12-14) Gwinne...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: J.P. Martinez continues to sizzle

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images J.P. Martinez had three hits Tuesday night to lead the Stripers The Atlanta Braves minor league associates had a day of two extremes. In three of their games they scored seven or more runs, but in their other game, they were shutout. They had a strong showing against a former All Star, but the organization’s 2023 draft picks had their...2024
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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 Sign First Six Picks From 2023 Draft
The Braves have signed the first six players they selected in the 2023 draft, which took place earlier this week. Right-handers Hurston Waldrep, Drue Hackenberg, Cade Kuehler and Garrett Baumann have put pen to paper, as has shortstop Sabin Ceballos and outfielder Isaiah Drake. Details from Twitter courtesy of Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline and…...2023
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• Atlanta Braves 2023 MLB Draft Recap
Photo by Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images A review of each of the players in the 2023 MLB Draft class for the Atlanta Braves. With the 2023 MLB Draft now complete, it is time to look at the newest members of the Atlanta Braves organization. The Braves selected 21 players during the 20 round draft, with the extra pick as compensation for losing Dansby Swanson last offseason. It should be expec...2023
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• Atlanta Braves announce signing of 20 draftees from 2023 class
Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Atlanta once again had a quick turnaround, getting all but one of their deals done before the deadline The Atlanta Braves have officially announced the signings from the 2023 MLB Draft selections, and they came away with 20 of their 21 signed. They announced all of the signings here, headlined by first round pick Hurston Waldrep. Waldrep received the bigg...2023
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Kyle Wright starts and Drake Baldwin’s hit streak continues

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Had it not been for a ninth inning collapse by the Gwinnett Stripers, the Atlanta Braves minor league system would’ve been a perfect 4-0 day. But on a positive note the Braves had a key minor league start go well yesterday which highlighted what was overall a very strong night. (61-70) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (72-60) Worcester Red Sox 6 Braden Shewmake 1-...2023
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome eliminated from playoffs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Cade Kuehler turns in a another dominant outing

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Cade Kuehler was impressive in Tuesday’s start for Augusta. The Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates were inconsistent yesterday. In their two wins they combined to score 13 runs, in their two losses they scored just three combined runs. Their 2023 starting pitcher draftees were more than strong combining to allow one unearned run across...2024
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• Battery Power Top 30 Prospects: Breakout Candidates
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• 2024 Braves Season in Review: Darius Vines
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• Braves Prospects weekly report: Drake Baldwin closes out season strong
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Rome eliminated from playoffs
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Anderson struggles in Gwinnett loss
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin hits clutch grand slam
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• What to Expect in Spencer Schwellenbach’s major league debut

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images It’s an exciting time for Braves fans as they’ll have a chance to be introduced to one of the brightest pitching talents in the organization If we’ve said it once we’ve said it 100 times: once you get to Double-A in the Atlanta Braves system you immediately become a candidate for a major league call up. There is overwhelming surprise around baseball at ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: EJ Exposito homers again

45 bats during the Saturday afternoon Spring Training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Baltimore Orioles on March 9, 2024 at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Exposito has been the surprise offensive star of the system It was actually a very good day for the Atlanta Braves affiliates. They took only one loss, ...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Ian Mejia dominates again

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s been a stellar year for the 2022 11th round pick, who leads the Southern League in strikeouts If you’re an Atlanta Braves fan, or perhaps just an Augusta GreenJackets fan, your TGIF could refer to nothing more than a love of GreenJackets starter Didier Fuentes. Fuentes looked great, at least for one inning until rain ended the evening...2024
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